Amnesty International Statement © AFP via Getty Images Court dismissed one of two remaining drug charges against Leila de Lima. De Lima is one of the staunchest critics of former President Rodrigo Duterte. Arrested in 2017 after seeking to investigate human rights violations committed in the so-called “war on drugs” ‘De Lima should not have […]
On April 24, two organizers from BALATIK (Bond and Strength of Indigenous Peoples in Southern Tagalog), Mary Joyce Lizada and Arnulfo Aumentado, went missing while doing field work in relation to a series of shelling by the Philippine Military in Oriental Mindoro, an island 7 hours away from Manila. Days after they went missing, and
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
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
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
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
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
