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As the five paralegals arrested in the LEC Investment Forum protests were released on bail yesterday, human rights alliance KARAPATAN hit back at Palace press officer Claire Castro and Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief General Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. over their remarks on the protest during the Luzon Economic Corridor (LEC) Investment Forum, saying that …
KARAPATAN stands with the Filipino people, including those who courageously protested at the Investment Forum for the Luzon Economic Corridor in BGC yesterday, in opposing the US-led Luzon Economic Corridor and the Pax Silica initiative, which Marcos Jr. promotes as engines of economic growth and national development. Behind this rhetoric of “investment,” “innovation,” and “economic …
KARAPATAN and the Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization that led the efforts on the historic class suit against the dictator Marcos Sr. in Hawaii, strongly condemn the Supreme Court’s decision to reverse the Sandiganbayan’s conviction of former First Lady Imelda Marcos on seven counts of graft. Imelda Marcos did …
WE CONDEMN THE SUPREME COURT’S REVERSAL OF IMELDA MARCOS’ GRAFT CONVICTION! Read More »
Families of political prisoners incarcerated at the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) as well as human rights advocates held a protest at the Department of Justice (DOJ) to demand immediate action on the reported loss of millions of pesos from a trust fund holding monies deposited by Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) and their families. …
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KARAPATAN and HUSTISYA (Victims United for Justice) expressed their solidarity with the families, friends and comrades of the victims of the Lianga massacre who have continued to demand justice and accountability for their killings for more than a decade. Eleven years ago, on September 1, 2015, under the regime of Benigno Aquino III, three Lumad …
11 years after: Justice for the victims of Lianga massacre! – KARAPATAN and HUSTISYA Read More »
KARAPATAN condemned the arrest of 11 protesters on August 28, 2026 in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya after police violently broke through a barricade set up by local residents to prevent the entry into their community of crude oil and supplies intended for mining exploration activities. Almost a thousand residents of Barangay Pacquet in Kasibu set up …
Human rights alliance KARAPATAN strongly condemned the arrest of Makabayan Vice-President for Visayas and BayanMuna Central Visayas coordinator John Ruiz III on trumped-up attempted murder charges, calling it yet another attempt by state forces to harass and intimidate a known activist and human rights defender in the region. Ruiz was arrested by police after joining …
KARAPATAN condemns arrest of Central Visayas activist leader, trumped-up charges anew Read More »
KARAPATAN sounded the alarm over recent death threats against a human rights lawyer and a transport sector leader in Bicol, condemning the threats as “desperate acts of those who only know killing” and calling for an immediate investigation into the perpetrators. Atty. Bartolome “Bart” Rayco, a member of the National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) …
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Today, August 30, on the International Day of the Disappeared, Families of the Disappeared for Justice (Desaparecidos) and KARAPATAN remember all victims of enforced disappearance and continue to call on the State to surface them and tell the truth about their disappearance. As part of their continuing demand for accountability from the perpetrators and justice …
ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE DISAPPEARED 2026 Read More »
Rights group KARAPATAN expressed support for the call of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) for the immediate return of up to ₱7 million in missing funds entrusted to the facility, as well as their demand to abolish the Trust Fund and cashless system in prisons. “Paano maibabalik ang …
KARAPATAN supports PDLs’ call to return missing funds at CIW, abolish cashless system Read More »
