Forty-two human rights groups in the Philippines and abroad stood in solidarity with 10 Filipino human rights defenders as they condemned the ongoing harassment against them.
Local, int’l groups denounce harassment of Filipino rights defenders
Tags: perjury
Karapatan denounces renewed judicial harassment vs rights defenders
Cristina Palabay denounced former National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr.’s reopening of the perjury case saying this is “but one in a series of renewed attacks against the human rights defenders of Karapatan.”
No liars here
By DEE AYROSO
Quezon City court acquits human rights defenders of perjury charges
“Truth and justice prevailed today against liars and butcher such as former National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon and National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.”
Senators, int’l groups support rights defenders facing perjury raps
“He [Duterte] has once again blatantly weaponized the law against those who dare stand up against his atrocious policies.”