In the first anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao, various minority groups gathered at Mendiola to denounce the effectiveness of it in bringing peace in Mindanao. Pointing its negative effects to the people, Mindanaons led in condemning martial rule in the island, adding the military uses it to further oppress marginalized groups […]
Uphold the Right of Return of the Palestinian people! End the US-Zionist Israeli regime!
Uphold the Right of Return of the Palestinian people!
End the US-Zionist Israeli regime!
Statement of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle Commission 3*
The 70th anniversary of the Nakba was marked with a massacre in Gaza on Monday, May 14, 2018, with the biggest one-day toll of Palestinians killed since the 2014 Israeli invasion of Gaza. Israeli forces opened fire on demonstrators in Gaza, killing at least 60 people and injuring thousands of Palestinians protesting the Monday opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem. We condemn the gruesome use of lethal force against the Palestinian protesters that reflected both the continuing Nakba and the violence of the 11-year siege on Gaza; the Israeli military attacks on the popular Great Marches of Return since March 30 have taken over 110 lives. Â
On the very hour of the opening by the United States government of its embassy in Jerusalem, thousands of Palestinian civilians, including children, women and persons with disabilities, were massacred by Israeli snipers, baptizing the US embassy with bloodshed.
We are witnessing the use of unabated brutality and force against civilians to stifle popular protest – an abhorrent violation of human and people’s rights and international humanitarian law. The killing of Palestinian demonstrators is a clear violation of international human rights law, committing what appear to be willful killings constituting war crimes.
Meanwhile, the US blocked the United Nations Security Council’s call for investigation of the deaths in Gaza caused by the Israeli military attack. Washington rushed to justify Israel’s response, accusing the Palestinian movement Hamas of fueling the protests and justifying Israeli brutality, which is funded and supported by billions of dollars in US military aid annually. The US has a long record of using its veto power in the UN Security Council to protect Israel from international scrutiny.
Forum: A Year After Duterte’s Declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao
Progressive groups and sectoral organizations held a forum at the University of the Philippines on the anniversary of Rodrigo Duterte’s imposition of martial law in Mindanao. Bangsamoro groups condemned the continuing imposition of martial law in the entire island of Mindanao, saying military rule is making it harder for the people to live normally.
Students hold Black Friday Protest a week after Sereno’s ouster
A week after Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes PA Sereno was ousted by majority of the associate justices of the Supreme Court, students from the University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University and Miriam College and other groups held another Black Friday Protest along Katipunan Avenue. Saying the Rodrigo Duterte regime’s looming control of all […]
Activist nun to contest second BI deportation order
Australian activist Sister Patricia Fox is not backing down after the Bureau of Immigration (BI) reaffirmed on Wednesday its order to forfeit her missionary visa and to have her deported on May 25.
Karapatan’s comments on the current issues pertaining to martial law and the proposed legislation on the national ID system
Dear friends,
Please find Karapatan’s comments on the current issues pertaining to martial law and the proposed legislation on the national ID system. You may attribute the comments to Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay for your reports. Thank you.
Karapatan Public Information Desk
ON THE RECENT BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION ORDER ON THE CASE OF SR. PATRICIA FOX
Karapatan decries the most recent Bureau of Immigration order denying Sr. Patricia Fox’s appeal on the BI’s earlier ruling to revoke her missionary visa as an act that truly reflects the agency’s propensity to deny due process rights to foreign missionaries and human rights defenders like Sr. Pat, at the whim and caprice of President Duterte.
Threat of nationwide martial law still alive, Sison warns
The threat of a nationwide martial law remains with President Rodrigo Duterte’s constitutional reform advisers seeking ways to make it easier for its declaration, National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison said. Reacting to a news report that a series of attacks by the New People’s Army (NPA) may […]