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 […]

Karapatan 26 April 2021 Dear friends, A wildfire of pantries, ignited by the initiative of young Filipina Ana Patricia Non, has been spreading in the Philippines. Prodded and driven by empathy and compassion for Filipinos affected by the pandemic, with high unemployment rates and hunger levels, Non put up a community pantry in Maginhawa Street,

NUPL 24 April 2021 Dear Friends, On March 23, 2021, the members of the Supreme Court en banc released an unprecedented statement addressing calls to action on the worsening incidence of attacks on members of the bar and the bench. One of the courses of action that the Court resolved to undertake is to look

Karapatan 23 April 2021 Dear friends, We are forwarding this urgent appeal from the Peasant Movement of the Philippines (KMP) as they are set to launch the Free Joseph Canlas and Pol Viuya Network to call for the release of peasant leader Joseph Canlas, chairperson of the Alyansa ng Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luzon (AMGL) and

ProtectDefenders.eu 23 April 2021 Dear friends, We are forwarding this monthly bulletin from ProtectDefenders.eu urging Philippine authorities to cease targeting all human rights defenders in the Philippines and to guarantee in all circumstances that they can carry out their legitimate human rights activities without fear of reprisals and free of all restrictions including judicial harassment,

Cordillera Peoples Alliance 23 April 2021 Dear Friends, Let us mark the 37th Cordillera Day with renewed determination, stronger solidarity as we rise and defend our land, life and honor in the midst of a pandemic! This Saturday, April 24, Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) and its Baguio chapter, Tongtongan ti Umili (TTU) will be commemorating

NCIP 22 April 2021 In an en banc resolution, the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) denounced the use of the term ‘Lumad’.  Lumad is a term for non-Moro indigenous peoples in Mindanao. According to the resolution, “the term lumad was chosen to control the identification of the IPs under the banner of CPP-NDF-NPA (Communist

Karapatan Press Release 17 April 2021 References: Cristina Palabay, Secretary General, +639173162831 Karapatan Public Information Desk, +639189790580 Human rights watchdog Karapatan condemns continuing EJKs, arrests amid pandemic Amid the surge of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the country, State forces “continue to terrorize the Filipino people without letup,” human rights watchdog Karapatan said, as the