Events

Activities in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the death of Leonard Co.

Dear Members of the Justice for Leonard Co Movement, Warm greetings. We hope that you are in good condition amidst the pandemic. We apologize for this late sending of activities in commemoration of the 10th year death anniversary of Leonard Co. Attached herewith are the J4LCo commemoration activities and also the poster invitation to share

Reports

World Report 2020: Rights Trends in Philippines

Hello everyone Human Rights Watch have just published their annual report. Here is the Philippines section, which I think gives an excellent overview of what has been happening in The Philippines this year. Click herehttps://www.hrw.org/world-report/2020/country-chapters/philippines

Urgent Actions

URGENT APPEAL FOR ACTION: TO DISMISS TRUMPED UP AND MALICIOUS CHARGES AGAINST FILIPINO HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS

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 raids on their homes

News and features

Why So Many Filipino Health Workers Are Dying Of Covid-19?

HuffPost UK  NEWS 12 April 2021 A reluctance to say no to overtime, crowded housing, and overrepresentation on the front line have left thousands at risk. By Aasma Day Filipino healthcare workers in the UK are disproportionately dying of Covid-19 as they are afraid to say no to extra shifts, campaigners have revealed. At least

News and features

APWLD and its members strongly calls on the Philippine judiciary to immediately dismiss all trumped up charges against Lubi, political organisers, and human rights defenders in the Philippines

Karapatan 11 April 2021 Dear friends, We are forwarding you this solidarity statement from Misun Woo, Regional Coordinator of the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) denouncing the bogus attempted murder charge against Karapatan National Chairperson Elisa “Tita” Lubi, who was a governance member of the APWLD, having engaged in the network

News and features

STATEMENT ON THE RECENT KILLINGS AND ARRESTS OF RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN THE PHILIPPINES

KARAPATAN April 8, 2021 We have come together today to express our alarm, frustration and indignation at the ongoing human rights crisis in the Philippines. As the extrajudicial killing, illegal arrests and harassment of human and environmental rights defenders, development workers, trade unionists, lawyers, judges, journalists and opposition politicians continue unabated, we are living in

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