All Posts Tagged Tag: ‘Oplan Bayanihan’
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International solidarity protest demands surfacing of James Balao and other disappeared
Stop Enforced Disappearances! Surface the victims now! 17th of September 2012 (To president Benigno Aquino III,to the former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of Philippines, mass media, trade unions and to the international democratic public, to the human rights organizations- please forward this message wherever and …
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UN-SRs noted growing number of killings of rights defenders—Karapatan
Press Statement, July 13, 2012 – Human rights group Karapatan today affirmed the observations of the United Nations Special Rapporteurs (UN-SR) on human rights defenders and extrajudicial killings on the “growing number of threats and killings of rights defenders” in the Philippines. The statement by …
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Karapatan calls on Congress to make AFP accountable for continuing rights abuses, to produce Palparan
Karapatan Public Info Desk, Press Statement, June 6, 2012 – Human rights group Karapatan today held a picket at the gates of the House of Representatives as Congress resumed its probe on rights violations under the Aquino government, this time with the military testifying on …
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Militant groups expose worsening human rights situation in Quezon, announces formation of task force against militarization
PRESS RELEASE, 14 May 2012 - Different sectoral groups from Southern Tagalog led by KARAPATAN-ST and KASAMA-TK today held a press conference to expose the worsening human rights situation in the southern part of Quezon, which they said was caused by intensifying militarization of the …
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Peasants forced to evacuate as military bombings strike anew in Trento, Agusan del Sur—Karapatan
MEDIA RELEASE | May 12, 2012 – Initial reports from Karapatan-Southern Mindanao region said that more than 80 families from Sitio 33, Bgy. New Visayas in Trento, Agusan del Sur forcibly evacuated on May 7 due to bombings and intense military operations by soldiers from …
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