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