The Environmental Defenders Congress joins today’s commemoration of World Press Freedom Day and supports journalists and advocates nationwide in their efforts to defend press freedom in the Philippines. Under the Marcos Jr. administration, the fight to defend the rights of journalists goes on as they continue to face threats from those in power.We environmental defenders […]
KARAPATAN Public Information Press Release – https://groups.google.com/g/karapatan-updates/c/ECFr2S88nTI 27 April 2023 Human rights alliance Karapatan welcomed the announcement by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) that it will investigate allegations that National Democratic Front of the Philippines consultants Benito Tiamzon and Wilma Austria-Tiamzon were tortured and intentionally killed by the military, adding that it will be doing
Video footage appears to show protestors, who were demonstrating against mining operations, being dragged away by police near Ipilan Nickel Mine in Brooke’s Point, Palawan. Mining insiders are calling for maximum tolerance in similar standoffs. By Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez https://www.eco-business.com/news/as-anti-mining-protests-heighten-in-the-philippines-industry-observers-call-for-prudence-in-police-intervention/?sw-login=true April 26, 2023 At around six o’clock in the morning of 14 April, around two
KARAPATAN PRESS RELEASE – https://groups.google.com/g/karapatas 25 April 2023 Human rights alliance Karapatan condemned the killing of National Democratic Front of the Philippines-Negros peace consultant Rogelio Posadas, 56, who was allegedly slain in an encounter with the military on April 20, 2023 in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental. Posadas was reported missing on the evening of April 19 when
Cordillera Peoples AlliancePublic Information CommissionCENTRAL STATEMENTon the 39th Peoples Cordillera DayWe mark the 39th Peoples’ Cordillera Day with a united battle cry- SUMKAD for land, life, and honor! Sumkad, meaning to rise, resist, defend, is a word with an all-too-familiar meaning in our history of struggle as Cordillera Peoples. In the 70s and 80s, the
Laban Kalikasan! Earth Day 2023 Statement We, Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment, join the broad masses of the Filipino people in the fight against the continuing environmental devastation and plunder under the Marcos-Duterte administration. Hardly a year into the new administration, the Filipino people have already witnessed how Marcos Jr.’s policies have ultimately worsened
Karapatan Press release – https://groups.google.com/g/karapatan-updates/c/LBHvgeO2b_I?pli=1 20 April 2023 Human rights alliance Karapatan condemned the brutal killing of Benito Tiamzon, peacetalks panel member of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, NDFP peace consultant Wilma Austria-Tiamzon, and eight companions. The Tiamzons’ death along with eight others on August 21, 2022 was confirmed in a special issue of
Lately, there has been much discussion going back and forth between the Ipilan Nickel Corporation (INC) and the Brookes’ Point Municipal Government on whether rally participants should be allowed to carry out their peaceful protest in front of the access gate to INC mining camp. In addition to a Cease and Desist Order (CDO) being addressed
