AFP Spouts Disgusting Lies, Says SF CHRP
Reference: Rupert Estanislao, chair E-mail: sanfranchrp@gmail.com The San Francisco Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (SF CHRP) is dismayed and disgusted by the recent pronouncements by Lt. Col. Lyndon … Continue reading
Denials by the military won’t stop human rights violations
The human rights organization, Karapatan, has called out the Armed Forces of the Philippines for its continual denial of human rights violations and extrajudicial killings that has been perpetrated by its forces … Continue reading
KMU slams robbery in federation’s office
The national democratic trade union federation,to Kilusang Mayo Uno, has recently fallen victim to the increasing harassment and robbery campaigns being perpetrated against its unions and other various national democratic organizations and … Continue reading
Indigenous Peoples Calls to Stop Military Ops in Blaan Community
Katribu Partylist, a national democratic political partylist which represents indigenous Filipinos, has called for the Armed Forces of the Philippines to stop all military incursions into the ancestral lands of the Blaan community in … Continue reading
Karapatan calls on govt to immediately release Acosta
Despite the withdrawal of criminal charges against artist, poet, and national democratic activist Ericson Acosta Karapatan has called out the Aquino administration for not moving fast enough to formally release Acosta: With … Continue reading
Karapatan scores Aquino, AFP on December arrests and detention of activists and individuals
The human rights group, Karapatan, has blasted Aquino over his recent illegal arrests and detentions of various community leaders and activists: Karapatan today deplored the recent spate of illegal arrests, based on trumped-up … Continue reading
Human Rights Delegation Meets with Deputy Consul General
Reference: Rupert Estanislao, chair E-mail: sanfranchrp@gmail.com On International Human Rights Day, on December 10th, a delegation comprising of representatives from Bayan-USA, Bayan-Northern California, Gabriela-USA, babae-San Francisco, Anakbayan-USA, and the San … Continue reading
Enough of Aquino’s promise of change says Karapatan
The human rights advocacy group, Karapatan, came out with a press release blasting President Aquino’s human rights record: Thousands of peasants and indigenous peoples from Mindanao and Southern Tagalog, with … Continue reading
AFP’s Human Rights Commitment in Name Only
Reference: Rupert Estanislao, chair E-mail: sanfranchrp@gmail.com In an Orwellian display of “double speak” the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) showed complete disregard for its victims of human rights violations … Continue reading
Cordillera NGOs and Peoples’ Orgs Hold Talks with Philippine Military
In a press release the Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera (CDPC) explained its recent dialogue with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) after some of its development workers, and other … Continue reading
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