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“After thirty two (32)
years, political prisoner Jose Ceriales was finally released on April 19, 2017,
after serving sentence for false charges of multiple murder and double
frustrated murder. Peasant Ceriales was arrested on May 3, 1985 in Manjuyod,
Negros Oriental when he was only 22 years old. Now, he is 54 years old. That is
32 years of injustice which spanned different regimes,” said Clamor on the
release of the longest-detained political prisoner in the country.

 (Photo: Jose Ceriales finally freed after 32 years in prison. He was only 22 years old when he was arrested; he is now 54 years old)

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“The arduous struggle for land distribution of Hacienda
Luisita is just and legitimate, as landlords Cojuangcos and Aquinos continue to
deny the return of land to its tillers, a condition which constituted the
original agreement between the Cojuangcos and the Magsaysay government way back
in 1967,” said Jigs Clamor, Karapatan Deputy Secretary General, on the “bungkalan”
and land occupation of peasant farmers and farmworkers dubbed as #OccupyLuisita
campaign.

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A Solidarity Statement of
Karapatan Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights – Philippines on the Palestinian
Prisoners’ Day 

Karapatan stands in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners, as
we commemorate with the Palestinian people the International Day of Solidarity
with Palestinian Prisoners from April 17 to 24, 2017. This period also marks
the protest hunger strike of Palestinian political prisoners, dubbed the
“Strike for Dignity,” to call
for an end to the prohibitions and cuts to family visits, proper medical care
and an end to medical neglect and an end to isolation and administrative
detention.

Fig. 1. Palestinian Prisoners’ Day celebrated last April 17, 2017 where
more than 1,300 Palestinian detainees initiated a hunger strike, photo taken
from NSBC International

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“Although the recent military operation in Bohol was supposedly
in pursuit of ten (10) elements of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), the disposition
and safety of civilians should be given priority. Because of the incident, at
least 700 residents were forced to evacuate to the Dagohoy High School, two (2)
kilometers from their community. Some residents reported that they were not
informed to evacuate prior to the bombing, while two civilians killed by
soldiers were presented as ASG supporters, without any proof,” said Karapatan
Deputy Secretary General Jigs Clamor on the recent reported Bohol clash
involving government troops and the so-called ASG members.

(Residents of Brgy. Napo Inabanga, Bohol, crossing a river to get to the evacuation center. Some 700 residents evacuated to the Dagohoy High School, 2 kilometers away from their community)

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In a letter of
allegation submitted to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial/Summary or
Arbitrary Executions Ms. Agnes Callamard yesterday, April 10, 2017, Karapatan
submitted documentation on forty-seven (47) victims of extrajudicial killings
in the Philippines under the Duterte administration, in line with the
continuing counter-insurgency program of the government.

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April 10, 2017

Ms. Agnes Callamard

Special Rapporteur

Extrajudicial/Summary or Arbitrary Executions

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
(OHCHR)

 Palais Wilson, 52 Rue des
Pâquis

CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland

Dear Ms. Callamard,

Greetings of peace!

On behalf of Karapatan Alliance
for the Advancement of People’s Rights, a non-government organization working
for the promotion of human rights in the Philippines, I would like to bring to
your attention the spate of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines, in line
with the counterinsurgency program of the administration of President Rodrigo
Roa Duterte.

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