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ESCR-Net Letter to Duterte and leading international human rights defender re recent extra-judicial killings and arrests

Karapatan 7 April 2021 Dear friends, We are forwarding this collective letter from the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) to President Rodrigo Duterte expressing profound concern regarding the recent extrajudicial killings of nine human rights defenders and arrests of at least four others at dawn on the Bloody Sunday raids last […]

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Boyette’s arrest warrant recalled by court

International IPMSDL, Quezon City, Philippines 6 April 2021 Arrest warrants recalled vs Northern Luzon activists linked by cops to lumad killing Kimberlie Quitasol Philippine Daily Inquirer | March 08, 2021 A court in Tagum City, Davao del Norte province recalled the warrants of arrest it issued in 2020 for five activists in Northern Luzon who

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[OPINION] Human rights advocacy: An integral part of the Church’s mission

AMADO L. PICARDAL APR 3, 2021 INFO https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/opinion-human-rights-advocacy-integral-part-church-mission?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1617424265 ‘In spite of these violations of human rights, there seems to be hesitation to speak out on the part of the Church and among religious’ “We pray for those who risk their lives while fighting for fundamental rights under dictatorships, authoritarian regimes, and even in democracies in

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Record number of Filipino lawyers killed under Duterte’s watch: At least 61 lawyers, prosecutors and judges were killed in the last five years, prompting calls for the UN to help investigate.?

By Ted Regencia, Aljazeera.com | 1 Apr 2021 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/1/record-number-of-filipino-lawyers-killed-under-dutertes- The Philippine Supreme Court, whose members are now mostly Duterte appointees, denounced the killings and harassments of lawyers as ‘an assault on the judiciary’ The Philippine Supreme Court, whose members are now mostly Duterte appointees, denounced the killings and harassments of lawyers as ‘an assault on

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Urgent appeal for action to dismiss trumped up and malicious charges

Karapatan  01 April 2021 Dear friends and colleagues, Human rights defenders in the Philippines, including human rights workers of Karapatan, are being increasingly being targeted by the Duterte administration in its worsening crackdown on dissent. The attacks on human rights defenders have ranged from threats through public vilification and red-tagging, and these often prelude police

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“Red-tagging” and the Rule of Law in the Time of COVID-19

Dr Imelda Deinla 01 APR 2021 ANALYSIS “Red-tagging” in the Philippines intensifies even as the country struggles to contain a surge of COVID-19. Red-tagging lawyers and citizens is how the government is trying to stamp out criticism of its poor handling of the health crisis, further monopolise power, and stifle rule of law and human

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