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Dear friends, We are sharing with you the latest civic space update on the Philippines by Civicus, a global alliance of civil society organisations and activists working to strengthen citizen action and civil society throughout the world. Civicus released the report days before the fourth State of the Nation Address of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.: …
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BANGKOK, Thailand (26 June 2025) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), ASEAN SOGIE Caucus, and KARAPATAN strongly condemn the fatal shooting of Filipino human rights defender Ali Macalintal in General Santos City on 23 June 2025. Macalintal worked as a broadcaster at the Radio Philippines Network XDX. She also served as …
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Dear friends, Sharing with you the statement of Amnesty International on the increasing use of anti-terror laws against development and human rights workers, released on February 5, 2025. Kindly access the full statement here: PHILIPPINES: END USE OF ANTI-TERROR LAWS TO TARGET DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS WORKERS PHILIPPINES: END USE OF ANTI-TERROR LAWS TO TARGET …
PHILIPPINES: END USE OF ANTI-TERROR LAWS TO TARGET DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS WORKERS Read More »
ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) on the enforced disappearance of James Jazmines and Felix Salaveria Jr. Dear friends, Sharing with you the statement of the ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) on the enforced disappearance of James Jazmines and Felix Salaveria Jr. Thanks. Karapatan Public Information Desk The Philippine government must locate, release abducted …
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 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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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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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 …
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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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 …
