Defend NL 7: Thank you for your support. We fight on!

Cordillera Peoples AlliancePublic Information CommissionDefend NL 7: Thank you for your support. We fight on!Joint Statement of the Cordillera Peoples Allianceand the Cordillera Human Rights AllianceL-R: Steve Tauli, Sarah Abellon, Niño Oconer, Windel Bolinget, Renz KangOn February 20, 2023, Sarah Abellon, Windel Bolinget, Lulu Gimenez, Florence Kang, Niño Oconer, and Steve Tauli falsely accused of… Continue reading Defend NL 7: Thank you for your support. We fight on!

MANIFESTO OF UNITY: STAND WITH SARAH “BESTANG” DEKDEKEN!

Cordillera Peoples AlliancePublic Information CommissionMANIFESTO OF UNITY: STAND WITH SARAH “BESTANG” DEKDEKEN!We, as peace-loving and rights-upholding people, express our support and solidarity for indigenous rights defender Sarah ‘Bestang’ Dekdeken as she faces continuous judicial harassment for her activism and work as the secretary-general of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance.   Bestang was convicted of cyber libel after… Continue reading MANIFESTO OF UNITY: STAND WITH SARAH “BESTANG” DEKDEKEN!

MANIFESTO OF UNITY: STAND WITH SARAH “BESTANG” DEKDEKEN!

Cordillera Peoples AlliancePublic Information CommissionMANIFESTO OF UNITY: STAND WITH SARAH “BESTANG” DEKDEKEN!We, as peace-loving and rights-upholding people, express our support and solidarity for indigenous rights defender Sarah ‘Bestang’ Dekdeken as she faces continuous judicial harassment for her activism and work as the secretary-general of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance.   Bestang was convicted of cyber libel after… Continue reading MANIFESTO OF UNITY: STAND WITH SARAH “BESTANG” DEKDEKEN!

Ailing political prisoner is victim of false arrest, planted evidence

Press Release12 January 2023 Reference:Cristina Palabay, Karapatan secretary general, 0917-3162831Karapatan Public Information Desk, 0918-9790580 Ailing political prisoner is victim of false arrest, planted evidence Human rights alliance Karapatan slammed the continued detention of an ailing political prisoner who was illegally arrested on the basis of a warrant that does not contain his name, planted pieces… Continue reading Ailing political prisoner is victim of false arrest, planted evidence

Standing in solidarity with Filipino human rights defenders

Publication: Monday 5 December 2022 at 1pm Manila time Joint statement: Standing in solidarity with Filipino human rights defenders We, the undersigned organisations, express our utmost concern over the ongoing criminalization of ten human rights defenders and members of Karapatan, GABRIELA and the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) in retaliation for their legitimate human… Continue reading Standing in solidarity with Filipino human rights defenders

CPA Statement on Libel Charge against Bestang Dekdeken

Cordillera Peoples AlliancePublic Information CommissionOn the Promulgation of the Libel Charge Against CPA Secretary General Bestang Dekdeken A WOMAN OF COURAGE| Bestang Dekdeken during Cordillera Women’s Education Action Research Center (CWEARC) and Women Working for Justice and Peace Network in the Cordillera (JaPNet) tribute to the Women of Courage in the Cordillera held last December 12, 2021… Continue reading CPA Statement on Libel Charge against Bestang Dekdeken

Ericson Acosta killed

Writer, musician, rebel Ericson Acosta slain in Negros Occidental clash NOV 30, 2022 2:06 PM PHT INDAY ESPINA-VARONA INFO FacebookTwitterCopy URL While the military has yet to identify the slain rebels, the National Democratic Front-Negros confirms Acosta’s death but claims he was captured alive, then murdered BACOLOD, Philippines – Army troops from the 94th infantry… Continue reading Ericson Acosta killed

Karapatan to Remulla: PH gov’t should issue standing invitations to UNSR on EJKs, others to investigate killings and all rights violations

Karapatan to Remulla: PH gov’t should issue standing invitations to UNSR on EJKs, others to investigate killings and all rights violations KARAPATAN Public Information 22 November 2022, Human rights alliance Karapatan said that the Philippine governmentshould issue standing invitations for all UN Special Procedures,especially the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, humanrights defenders, indigenous peoples,… Continue reading Karapatan to Remulla: PH gov’t should issue standing invitations to UNSR on EJKs, others to investigate killings and all rights violations

Karapatan welcomes the concluding observations of the UNHRC on the Philippines

On the UN Human Rights Committee’s concluding observations on the Philippines Karapatan Press Statement – https://www.karapatan.org/On+the+UN+Human+Rights+Committee%E2%80%99s+concluding+observations+on+the+Philippines 7 November 2022 Karapatan welcomes the concluding observations of the United Nations Human Rights Committee on the Philippines, including its significant views on red-tagging, the Anti-Terrorism Act, extrajudicial killings in the government’s war on drugs, among other pressing issues on… Continue reading Karapatan welcomes the concluding observations of the UNHRC on the Philippines