Background of the Arrest, Detention, and Trumped-Up Charges vs Tacloban 5 On February 7, 2020, joint elements of the police and military implemented raided offices of people’s organizations in Tacloban City, using questionable search warrants, after KARAPATAN publicly raised the extensive surveillance of its office in the city, as well as that of other organizations. …
Dear friends and colleagues, We are sharing with you this sign-on statement initiated by KARAPATAN in support and solidarity to call for the release and dismissal of trumped up charges of the Tacloban 5. We urge everyone, from the vast sectors of society, from different organizations in the Philippines and abroad, to support and sign …
Dear friends,We are sharing with you a research piece by Amnesty International on the violent dispersal of protesters during the September 21 rallies in the Philippines. Testimony points to torture and other abuses by police as new protests loom We appreciate it if you could also share this to your networks. Thank you. KARAPATAN Public Infomation …
The Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses and Martial Law (CARMMA) marks the seventh anniversary of Imelda Marcos’ conviction on seven counts of graft amid the raging corruption scandal in the country. The ruling, handed down on November 9, 2018 by the Sandiganbayan, found the late dictator Marcos’ widow guilty of seven counts of …
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Quezon City, Philippines — Grounding Solidarity, a pre-conference initiative of the Asia Pacific People’s Conference Against Climate Imperialism and Militarism, will bring together researchers, academics, journalists, environmentalists, and human rights advocates to visit communities on the frontlines of climate and militarist injustice. The Philippines remains the most dangerous country in Asia for environmental defenders, according …
The Duterte Panagutin network condemned the dirty tactics employed by Rodrigo Duterte’s counsel Nicolas Kaufman. Kaufman twisted the statement of Press Undersecretary Claire Castro to make it appear that the Philippine government does not oppose the Defense’s request for interim release. But Castro’s own words were: “whatever the decision of the [ICC], the government [of …
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Babahain ng nagpupuyos na taumbayan ang Luneta at iba’t ibang lugar sa Pilipinas sa ika-53 taong anibersaryo ng martial law, ang golden age ng korapsyon sa ating kasaysayan. Babahain sa galit sa pangungurakot at pandarambong ng nagsasabwatang sakim na iilan samantalang kandamatay ang taumbayan sa lagim ng panahon at kahirapan. Babahain sa pagkakaisang wakasan na …
Know your rights! In light of the threats of arrests, remember: stay calm, be observant, assert your rights, demand access to a phone, and ask the name and rank of your arresting officer. Feel free to share, download, and print our paralegal bust card! English version Filipino version
As President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. prepares to deliver his State of the Nation Address, we remember the more than 30,000 lives lost in a senseless bloody drug war by former President Rodrigo Duterte as he awaits trial at the International Criminal Court. His daughter, the second highest official, Vice President Sara Duterte, is under investigation …
