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Karapatan Press release 7 June 2021 Source:https://www.karapatan.org/intl+groups+express+concern+on+philippine+rights+situation+t In a collective letter sent today to Philippine Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo and to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, more than a hundred organizations and individuals expressed their “profound and urgent concern on the recent extrajudicial killings, judicial harassment, arbitrary arrests and detention and threats through red-tagging against human […]

Marc Batac GPPAC-SEA 5 June 2021 Dear friends in the AEPF and AEPF Peace & Security Circle, Over the past few months, the Initiatives for International Dialogue, Saferworld and Security Policy Alternatives Network have been working together to research the impact of Counter-terrorism and P/CVE (Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism) policies in the Philippines. Today,

Press Statement 1 June 2021 Opening a few cases of killings in police anti-drug operations to investigation would not lead to accountability if police killings and abuses continue without letup, human rights watchdog Karapatan averred on Tuesday, as the group slammed President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to block access to records of police killings in the

Karapatan National Press release – 6 May 2021 Source: https://www.karapatan.org/karapatan+slams+trumped+up+charges+against+uccp+church+leaders+and+social+workers+harassment+of+lumad+at+haran+sanctuary Human rights alliance Karapatan slammed the trumped-up charges and arrest warrants against six church leaders, administrators, and social workers of the United Church of Christ of the Philippines (UCCP) Haran center in Davao City who have provided sanctuary to bakwit Lumad communities forcibly displaced from

LLANESCA T. PANTI;  GMA News 5 May 2021 Source: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/786314/canada-urged-to-cut-anti-terror-aid-to-philippines-amid-epidemic-of-human-rights-violations/story/ Human rights advocates have formally called on the Canadian government to cease giving anti-terrorism aid to the Philippines amid the alleged use of anti-terrorism policies to crack down on dissent and purge human rights workers. Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan Alliance Philippines; Catherine Coumans,

Gabriel Pabico Lalu – Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQINQUIRER.net May 05, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Several human rights defenders have spoken out during a Canadian parliament hearing on the Philippines’ human rights situation and urged Canada to take a stand against supposed abuses in the Southeast Asian country. The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines

Bulatlat.com: ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL 29 April 2021 MANILA – Human rights group Karapatan once again asked the Supreme Court to reverse the Court of Appeals decision which rejected its petition for writ of amparo and habeas data in 2019. The group filed their second manifestation with the Supreme Court last Monday, April 26. In

Press Release 27 April 2021 References: Cristina Palabay, Secretary General, +639173162831 Karapatan Public Information Desk, +639189790580 Karapatan urges court to reconsider denial of detained unionist’s motion to quash search warrant against him. A thorough review into the application of search warrants used for the International Human Rights Day police raids throughout Metro Manila last year