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To the Public Opinion We reject persecution of indigenous rights defenders by the Government of the Philippines CHIRAPAQ, Center for Indigenous Cultures of Peru, expresses its support for Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and Joan Carling, Co-convener of the Indigenous Peoples Major Group for Sustainable Development, who have been arbitrarily…

Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) is deeply concerned with the reports that UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, along with other human rights defenders, has been accused of being a terrorist by the Philippine government. This appears to be a blatant attempt to silence and criminalize Vicky Tauli-Corpuz and…

As the three-day International Fact Finding and Solidarity Mission in three regions in Mindanao is concluded today, Karapatan scored the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police for the numerous cases of threats and harassment faced by participants to the said mission.  “Either these are proof of the State forces’ paranoia overdrive…

14 March 2018 President Rodrigo Duterte President of the Republic Malacañang Palace, JP Laurel St., San Miguel, Manila The Philippines E-mail: op@president.gov.ph Letter of concern regarding the tagging of noted human rights defenders as ‘terrorists’ Dear President Duterte, We wish to add our voices to those condemning the recent filing, on 21 February 2018, of…