International Solidarities Archive

PH rights group in solidarity with peasant, IPs vs counter-insurgency drives in India

The Modi regime in India and the Marcos Jr. regime in the Philippines have much in common. They both have ambitions of crushing local insurgencies by the end of 2024, and in the process are militarizing vast areas of the countryside and perpetrating human rights violations and violations of international humanitarian law on a massive …

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KARAPATAN condemns fascist attacks on the Kenyan people

KARAPATAN assails the repression unleashed in Kenya by the government of Pres. William Ruto, after massive protests erupted against the US-International Monetary Fund backed Finance Act that calls for tax hikes on motor vehicles, vegetable oil, maize, sugar and mobile money transfers and a 16% value-added tax on bread. The controversial finance bill has recently …

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PH rights group condemns killings, crackdown in Bangladesh

KARAPATAN condemns the massive crackdown on dissenters in Bangladesh by the fascist Hasina government. According to the latest reports, security forces have been launching “tokhang”-like saturation drives in entire neighborhoods, looking for students and checking their cellphones. More than 10,000 persons, mostly students and youth, have been arrested in the dragnet, and more than 200,000 …

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CIVICUS Monitor update – Philippines: Harassment and targeting of activists, NGOs continue despite formation of new human rights ‘super body’

Dear friends and colleagues, We are sharing with you the latest Civicus Monitor regarding their updates on the Philippines:Philippines: Harassment and targeting of activists, NGOs continue despite formation of new human rights ‘super body’ “The state of civic space in the Philippines is rated as ‘repressed’ by the Civicus Monitor. Concerns documented in recent years …

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Int’l solidarity groups call on the release of oldest political prisoner in PH

Two international solidarity organizations for the Philippines have signed on to the campaign to release political prisoner Gerardo dela Peña. At 85, Dela Peña is the oldest political prisoner in the Philippines. The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) wrote letters to Justice Secretary Jesus Remulla and Commission on Human Rights chair …

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Message and appeal from Dutch citizens to the government of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Republic of the Philippines

Dear friends, Sharing with you an open letter by the Netherlands Philippines Solidarity Movement (NFS) as an appeal of Dutch citizens to the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government. Please share. Thanks. Karapatan Public Information Desk 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO A DIGNIFIED EXISTENCE! Message and appeal from Dutch citizens to …

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ICHRP Gathers in Bangkok to Condemn US-Backed War Crimes of Philippine State and Commit to Growing Solidarity Movement for a Just and Lasting Peace

November 11, 2023 Bangkok, Thailand— Over 100 human rights advocates from over 30 organizations across the globe held a three-day conference and assembly on November 6-9, 2023 to decry the implementation of US counterinsurgency tactics in the Philippines and to advance international defense of human rights under the new Marcos regime. Throughout the conference, human …

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FORUM-ASIA: On the recent acquittal of retired major general Jovito Palparan

October 13, 2023 Dear friends, We are sharing with you the recent statement of the Asian Forum on Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) on the recent acquittal of retired major general Jovito Palparan, a known human rights violator in the Philippines. Karapatan is a member of FORUM-ASIA. Karapatan Public Information Desk The Asian Forum for …

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PH groups join global call to free Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan, all political prisoners

October 11, 2023 On the occasion of the Prison Awareness Month in the Philippines this October and the international campaign of ‘Parallel Press Conferences Worldwide to Call for News about Abdullah Öcalan on October 10, 2023,’ solidarity and friendship groups, progressive mass organizations, and representative of anti-imperialist movements gather in the Philippines to express their …

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AMP Statement on Terror Financing Accusations against CERNET (Visayas)

September 29, 2023 Dear friends, We are sharing with you the statement by the AMP – Aktionsbündnis Menschenrechte – Philippinen (Action Human Rights – Philippines) on the recent terror financing accusations against the Community Empowerment Resource Network, Inc. (CERNET), a network of humanitarian and development organizations in the Visayas in the Philippines. Feel free to …

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