March, 2022
Mothers of disappeared UP students: Badoy's Palparan interview "a travesty of justice"
Submitted on Thu, 03/31/2022 - 17:15
Photo by Niño Jesus Orbeta/Philippine Daily Inquirer
Mothers of disappeared UP students Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan called “a travesty of justice” yesterday’s interview of NTF-ELCAC spokesperson Lorraine Badoy of convicted retired general Jovito Palparan, but at the same time called it “a cheap, desperate attempt to vindicate criminals and rights violators.”
Families of desaparecidos call to surface missing peace consultant Edwin Alcid, support calls to resume peace talks
Submitted on Thu, 03/31/2022 - 17:00
Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat
Rights group Desaparecidos (Families of the Disappeared for Justice) called to surface National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant Edwin Alcid, and supported the calls to resume the peace talks, just a few months before the country elects a new president in the May 2022 elections.
Duterte and NTF-ELCAC’s red-tagging vs Makabayan and Robredo, spate of attacks and arrests undermine integrity of elections
Submitted on Thu, 03/31/2022 - 12:00
Photo by Michael Varcas/Philippine Star
Karapatan welcomes release, junking of trumped-up charges against Dr. Natividad Castro
Submitted on Wed, 03/30/2022 - 22:30
Photo from Free Dr. Naty Castro Now Campaign/Facebook
2021 Karapatan Year-end Report on the Human Rights Situation in the Philippines
submitted on Mon, 03/28/2022 - 11:28
Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat
Into the final year of the tyrant Duterte: Continuing fascism met with people's resistance
When Rodrigo Duterte took the presidency in 2016, he made two particular promises to the Filipino people: that “change is coming,” and that his term would be a bloody one.
Karapatan sounds alarm over abducted and arrested NDFP peace consultants, urges resumption of peace talks
Submitted on Thu, 03/24/2022 - 08:00
Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat
Human rights watchdog Karapatan called for the surfacing of National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultants Edwin Alcid and Ezequiel Daguman as well as the release of Esteban Manuel Jr. and Ramon Patriarca, as the group called for the resumption of the peace talks between the government and the NDFP amid the recent attacks against NDFP peace consultants.
Marcoses stealing from Filipinos twice over for refusing to pay taxes, martial law survivors and rights defenders say
Submitted on Wed, 03/23/2022 - 10:30
Photo by George Calvelo/ABS-CBN News
The Marcoses’ refusal to pay their taxes is “stealing from Filipinos twice over,” martial law survivors and human rights defenders asserted on Wednesday as they pressed calls for the late dictator’s family to pay their P203.8 billion worth of deficiency estate taxes to the Philippine government.
Karapatan condemns worrisome and escalating attacks on journalists amid upcoming elections
Submitted on Sat, 03/12/2022 - 08:30
Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters
Remulla and Lacson’s red-tagging of Robredo’s Cavite sortie should be an election offense
Submitted on Wed, 03/09/2022 - 13:30
Photo by Michael Varcas/Philippine Star
Dismissal of charges vs arrested unionist proves warrants issued by Villavert are based on outright lies
Submitted on Wed, 03/09/2022 - 08:00
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Promotion of “search warrant factory” judge on Bloody Sunday anniversary a slap in the face of justice
Submitted on Tue, 03/08/2022 - 10:30
Human rights alliance Karapatan decried on Tuesday President Rodrigo Duterte’s appointment of Vice Executive Judge Jose Lorenzo Dela Rosa as associate justice of the Court of Appeals yesterday — exactly a year after three of the search warrants he issued led to the murder of Emmanuel “Manny” Asuncion as well as the illegal arrests of Elizabeth Camoral and Esteban Mendoza during the Bloody Sunday raids in Southern Tagalog.
A year after Bloody Sunday raids, Karapatan asserts: Duterte, NTF-ELCAC must also be held accountable
Submitted on Mon, 03/07/2022 - 09:00
A year after the Bloody Sunday raids in the Southern Tagalog region which killed nine activists and led to the arrest of four others, human rights watchdog Karapatan lamented that justice remains elusive for the victims and their families as “similar attacks, atrocities, and violence against activists and human rights defenders continue with rampant impunity” through the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).
Karapatan urges SC anew to junk terror law amid worsening attacks vs petitioners
Submitted on Wed, 03/02/2022 - 11:30
Photo by Aaron Favila/Associated Press
Karapatan calls for independent probe into massacre of Lumad volunteer teachers, community health worker in Davao de Oro
Submitted on Tue, 03/01/2022 - 08:30
Photo from Katribu Youth