ADVISORY for JUNE 26: On the 20th Year of the Enforced Disappearance of UP Students Karen Empeno and Sherlyn Cadapan
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Jun 25, 2026, 4:10:25 AM (yesterday) Jun 25
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MEDIA ADVISORY
For June 26, 2026On the 20th Year of the Enforced Disappearance of UP Students Karen Empeno and Sherlyn Cadapan
2:00-5:00 PM Vinzons Hall lobby
5:30-6:30 PM Sunken Garden (near UP College of Law)
Families of the disappeared, fellow students, friends, human rights advocates, and supporters will gather on June 26, 2026 to commemorate the 20th year of the enforced disappearance of University of the Philippines students Karen Empeno and Sherlyn Cadapan, and to renew calls for truth, justice, and accountability.
Titled "Siyang Nawawala Ay Naghahanap ng Katarungan," the event will look back on the abduction and disappearance of Empeno and Cadapan in Hagonoy, Bulacan on June 26, 2006, and call for justice for all desaparecidos in the Philippines.
The forum on enforced disappearances will be held from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM at the Vinzons Hall lobby, UP Diliman. This will be followed by a symbolic action at the Sunken Garden (near the UP College of Law), featuring an art installation of thousands of clothes spelling the word "SURFACE" to amplify calls to surface the disappeared.
MEDIA COVERAGE IS REQUESTED.
Reference: Karapatan Public Information Desk, 0918-979-0580
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KARAPATAN is an alliance of human rights organizations and programs, human rights desks and committees of people’s organizations, and individual advocates committed to the defense and promotion of people’s rights and civil liberties. It monitors and documents cases of human rights violations, assists and defends victims and conducts education, training and campaign. It was established in 1995.
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