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RPRD takes on new challenge “We are bound by our Christian faith to protect the gift of life. We cannot remain passive. It is a duty that falls upon us all.” - The Most Revd Ephraim S. Fajutagana Following the August 2016 statement of the Obispo Maximo XII on the unabated killings and culture of impunity under President Duterte’s war on drugs, RPRD, in partnership with Rise Up for Life and for Rights, comes in aid of survivors, families of victims and potential witnesses seeking justice for the extrajudicial killings committed under this bloody and fascist war. Rise Up is a network of faith-based and people’s organizations, with volunteers from the families of victims, campaigning against the drug menace and for the protection of human and people’s rights against drug-related extrajudicial killings and summary executions. Aside from offering its regular sanctuary, medical, legal and emergency services, RPRD also shares the massive task to document these violations and demand justice and goverment accountability by joining Rise Up in interviews and community visits and by supporting basic documentation trainings and other informational activities. Through its clergy staff, it also extends pastoral care and spiritual support to the grieving families and traumatized witnesses and survivors. Last September, it also led the first batch of paralegal and documentation training of members of the National Priests Organization-South Central Luzon (NPO-SCL) to further equip IFI clergy in responding to human rights violations in their communities. Participants pledged to form and operate as the NPO-SCL Paralegal Team. Now with around 13, 000 suspected cases of drug-related EJK and summary executions in the urban centers and the escalating politically-motivated violations and atrocities committed against activists and organized communities in the countrysides, RPRD, arms linked with its partner organizations, stands firm, in words and in action, to its https://cdn.fbsbx.com/v/t59.2708-21/22163135_10155260752…h=6871c0dba6dc81aae5b33c5d51bbd2fb&oe=59E09EC0&dl=1 11/10/2017, 12F18 PM Page 1 of 5
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RPRD takes on new challenge“We are bound by our Christian faith to protect the gift of life.We cannot remain passive. It is a duty that falls upon us all.” -The Most Revd Ephraim S. FajutaganaFollowing the August 2016 statement of the Obispo MaximoXII on the unabated killings and culture of impunity underPresident Duterte’s war on drugs, RPRD, in partnership withRise Up for Life and for Rights, comes in aid of survivors,families of victims and potential witnesses seeking justice forthe extrajudicial killings committed under this bloody andfascist war. Rise Up is a network of faith-based and people’sorganizations, with volunteers from the families of victims,campaigning against the drug menace and for the protection ofhuman and people’s rights against drug-related extrajudicialkillings and summary executions.Aside from offering its regular sanctuary, medical, legal andemergency services, RPRD also shares the massive task todocument these violations and demand justice and govermentaccountability by joining Rise Up in interviews andcommunity visits and by supporting basic documentationtrainings and other informational activities. Through its clergystaff, it also extends pastoral care and spiritual support to thegrieving families and traumatized witnesses and survivors.Last September, it also led the first batch of paralegal anddocumentation training of members of the National PriestsOrganization-South Central Luzon (NPO-SCL) to furtherequip IFI clergy in responding to human rights violations intheir communities. Participants pledged to form and operate asthe NPO-SCL Paralegal Team.Now with around 13, 000 suspected cases of drug-related EJKand summary executions in the urban centers and theescalating politically-motivated violations and atrocitiescommitted against activists and organized communities in thecountrysides, RPRD, arms linked with its partnerorganizations, stands firm, in words and in action, to its
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commitment to defend human rights and the sanctity of life.IN PHOTOS |
March 14, 2017 | Parish council members and volunteers fromMarikina parishes gather to know more about drug-relatedEJKs and what they can do as church workers.
July 8, 2017 | Remember. Resist. RPRD supporting andhosting a gathering of victims of EJKs and other violations inUP Diliman
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August 26, 2017 | Rev. Grace Masegman, RPRD staff andclergy in the Diocese of Rizal and Pampanga, joinsecumenical funeral prayer service for Kian delos Santos, the17-year-old victim of police shooting during an anti-drugoperation in Caloocan City.
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September 10, 2017 | Rev. Grace Masegman speaks alongwith and in support of Mr. Bagcal, a potential witness comingout to insist police abuse and extrajudicial killing of the youngArnaiz. (Photo from http://news.abs-cbn.com)
September 21, 2017 | Marching among thousands, IFI clergy,seminarians and lay, with the encouragement and support ofRPRD, held and shout out calls to stop the killings and neveragain to tyranny and dictatorship.
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September 25-28, 2017 | Gearing up to respond to theworsening human rights situation, select members of NPO-SCL gather in a skills training on paralegal work anddocumentation.
September 28, 2017 | With the support of Rise Up, NationalUnion of People’s Lawyers and RPRD, families of two youngvictims of drug-related EJK filed criminal complaints beforethe Offie of the Ombudsman. (Photo fromhttp://newsinfo.inquirer.net)
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