NUPL on Palparan’s statement that charges were illegally filed
On the statement made by Ret. Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan through lawyer Atty. Jesus Santos – whose authority to represent the retired general is suspect – that the filing of the cases against him was done illegally, the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL), private prosecutor of the Cadapan and Empeno families, through its Secretary General Atty. Edre Olalia said: “General Palparan has the gall and temerity to claim that the charges against him were done illegally. That is farthest from the truth. He is turning things upside down…
Read MoreSTATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY WITH NUPL ACTION AGAINST MAJ. GEN. JOVITO PALPARAN
Statement of the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers The Haldane Society supports the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers’ actions against Maj Gen Jovito Palparan. The arrest warrant against Gen. Palparan and three other military personnel was issued by the Malolos Regional Trial Court on December 19, 2011. After a month-long manhunt by government law enforcement [...]
Read MoreBelgian Lawyers Statement regarding Political Prisoners in the Philippines, Former President Arroyo and Ret. Maj. Gen. Palparan
Progress lawyers network of Belgium urges the Philippine government to release all political prisoners and to institute criminal and administrative cases against major human rights violators life former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and fugitive retired General Jovito Palparan.
Read MoreStatement on Philippine human rights violations, on political prisoners and on notorious rights violators like Gen. Palparan
The International Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL), an organization of human rights lawyers committed to the protection and advancement of the basic rights of peoples throughout the world, calls for the release of all political prisoners in the Philippines and the prosecution of human rights violators.
Read MoreClearer, stronger and firmer directive from PNoy necessary for Palparan’s capture
The statement issued by the New York-based international human rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) that some military personnel and business owners are protecting retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan validates one of the lingering apprehensions of the victims’ families and human rights defenders as well as the general public at large.
Read MoreOpen Letter to President Benigno Aquino, III of the New Lawyers Guild (NLG)
It has come to our attention that the notorious Armed Forces of the Philippines Retired Major General Jovito Palparan, known as “The Butcher,” has evaded capture since an arrest warrant was issued for him by the Malolos Regional Trial Court in the Philippines on December 19, 2011. During Palparan’s time as a division commander, his troops were implicated in grave abuses constituting violations of international humanitarian law, including violations of international humanitarian law constituting violations of international humanitarian law, including extrajudicial killings, torture, and enforced disappearances.
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