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Militarist quarantine polices have led to mass arrests and inhumane penalties for mostly poor "violators" while fascist attacks such as arrests and killings of activists have also continued.
Follow the #KarapatanHRVAlert thread for our documentation of human rights violations.
Follow the #KarapatanHRVAlert thread for our documentation of human rights violations.
The arrests and red-tagging of human rights workers such as Teresita Naul on falsified criminal charges have been relentless even as the government grapples with the #COVID19 pandemic—revealing the government's militarist priorities. #KarapatanHRVAlert
The homeless are the most vulnerable to threats of arrests amid the imposition of home quarantine and curfew measures agains the #COVID19 pandemic, precisely because they have no home with the government's failure to uphold the people's right to housing. #KarapatanHRVAlert
Young or old, State fascism and killings targeting activists and human rights defenders have similarly continued. The brutal killing of cultural worker and peasant advocate Marlon Maldos came mere weeks after the murder of his father Marcelo. #KarapatanHRVAlert
Vague certifications in some quarantine passes can be easily abused to harass and threaten activists being tagged as members of these so-called subversive organizations by denying them not only passes but relief provisions from their barangays. #KarapatanHRVAlert
The government has also been unyielding in manufacturing lies and falsified charges to harass and arrest activists, including those filed against indigenous leader Gloria Tumalon. #KarapatanHRVAlert
Curfew violators, meanwhile, are being subjected to inhumane penalties such as being locked up in dog cages.—breaching measures on physical distancing against the #COVID19 pandemic. #KarapatanHRVAlert
Some local government units are also passing ordinancies imposing penalties on violators such as the witholding of relief. The people’s right to health provides that medical goods and services should be available and accessible to all without discrimination. #KarapatanHRVAlert
Quarantine measures against the #COVID19 pandemic are also being used to clamp down on free speech and expression as well as to threaten government critics. #KarapatanHRVAlert
Excessive powers being given to the police and military as part of the quarantine measures have also allowed armed and uniformed personnel to violently threaten and penalize quarantine violators. #KarapatanHRVAlert
The arrest of Teacher Juliet Espinosa and the inciting to sedition charge filed against her for her alleged Facebook post—which aired her legitimate grievances on mass hunger—sets a dangerous pretext for a crackdown on online dissent. #KarapatanHRVAlert
While the poor face mass hunger with the imposition of quarantine measures and the lack of government aid, the ruthless killing of farmers has also continued. #KarapatanHRVAlert
The loss of people's livelihood due to the imposition of quarantine measures are driving the poor to unbearable levels of mass hunger—but instead of addressing their legitimate demands for aid, the State meets them with ruthless violence and repression. #KarapatanHRVAlert
Following President Rodrigo Duterte's shoot-to-kill orders, Cordillera police has reportedly adopted the president's directives to shoot down alleged "communist organizers" in the region. #KarapatanHRVAlert
