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Philippines: Judicial harassment of Karapatan members Elisa Tita Lubi and Jayvee Jay Apiag
07/04/2021
Judicial harassment
April 7, 2021
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in the Philippines. Description of the situation: Elisa “Tita” Lubi, Karapatan National Chairperson; and
Jayvee “Jay” Apiag, Secretary General of Karapatan – Southern Mindanao chapter.
On March 29 and March 12, 2021, respectively, Elisa “Tita” Lubi and Jayvee “Jay” Apiag filed a motion before the Davao City Regional Trial Court – Branch 52 to defer the implementation of the arrest warrants issued by the court against them on December 14, 2020, and to conduct further investigations into their cases. Ms. Lubi and Mr. Apiag are facing trumped-up charges of “attempted murder”. At the time of publication of this Urgent App
Philippines: Deadly crackdown on human rights defenders
09/03/2021
Extrajudicial killing /
March 9, 2021
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in The Philippines. Description of the situation:
The Observatory has been informed by Karapatan Alliance Philippines about the extrajudicial killing of nine human rights defenders and the arbitrary detention of four others in four provinces in Calabarzon region.
On March 7, 2021, the Philippines National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Army (PA) carried out raids into the houses and offices of several human rights defenders in Calabarzon region, southern Philippines as part of a joint operation against alleged members of “communist and terrorist groups”.