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Greetings of peace! Gerardo dela Peña, the oldest political prisoner in the Philippines, will turn 85 years old this April 2024. He has been languishing behind bars for the past 11 years. He is one of 799 political prisoners in the country (as of December 31, 2023), 90 of whom are elderly like him. In …
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Greetings of peace! Gerardo dela Peña, the oldest political prisoner in the Philippines, will turn 85 years old this April 2024. He has been languishing behind bars for the past 11 years. He is one of 799 political prisoners in the country (as of December 31, 2023), 90 of whom are elderly like him. In …
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July 26, 2023 Dear friends and colleagues, Greetings of peace! On June 18, 2012, the Philippine Congress passed Republic Act No. 10168 or The Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act. Under this law, a person who, directly or indirectly possesses, provides, collects or uses property or funds or makes available property, funds or financial or …
Photo by Aaron Favila/Associated Press Dear friends and colleagues, Greetings of peace! On July 3, 2020, the Philippine congress passed RA 11479 (An Act to Prevent, Prohibit and Penalize Terrorism) otherwise known as the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 (ATA). With a total of 37 petitions filed questioning its constitutionality, it has gone down in history …
URGENT APPEAL FOR ACTION ON THE ARBITRARY AND BASELESS DESIGNATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS ACTIVISTS AS TERRORIST INDIVIDUALSJuly 21, 2023 Dear friends and colleagues, Greetings of peace! On December 9, 2020, the Anti-Terrorism Council signed ATC Resolution No. 12 (2020) designating the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People’s Army as terrorist organizations, …
July 19, 2023 Dear friends and colleagues, Greetings of peace! On January 9, 2023, Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court Branch Presiding Judge Aimee Marie B. Alcera acquitted ten human rights defenders — Karapatan National Council members Elisa Tita Lubi, Cristina Palabay, Roneo Clamor, Gabriela Krista Dalena, Dr. Edita Burgos, Jose Mari Callueng and Fr. Wilfredo …
July 18, 2023 Dear friends,We are sharing with you the copy of the urgent appeal for support by the Cordillera People’s Alliance regarding the recent designation of CPA leaders under the draconian terror law. Karapatan Public Information Desk URGENT APPEAL: REVOKE ATC RESOLUTION NO. 41!SARAH, WINDEL, STEVE, AND JEN ARE NOT TERRORISTS!July 16, 2023 Friends, …
URGENT APPEAL FOR ACTION ON THE ARREST OF ADORA FAYE DE VERA August 31, 2022 Dear friends and colleagues, Greetings of peace! It has been a week since women’s rights activist Adora Faye de Vera, 66, a martial law survivor, former political prisoner and kin of a desaparecido, was arrested in Quezon City, Philippines.
Dear friends and colleagues,
Dear friends and colleagues,
