On the presidential bid of the dictator’s son
Bongbong Marcos was far from a mere bystander in the atrocities committed by his father’s fascist dictatorship.
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Duterte’s order barring Cabinet from appearing before Senate is a desperate cover-up attempt
Photo from Health Alliance for Democracy Human rights alliance Karapatan said that President Rodrigo Duterte’s order barring his Cabinet from attending the Senate committee hearings regarding the government’s anomalous transactions with pharmaceutical corporation Pharmally is “nothing more than a desperate attempt to cover up what now appears to be a wide scale corruption scandal involving …
Uphold schools, libraries as democratic spaces, stop NTF-ELCAC’s “tokhang” in libraries!
Photo by Lucky Dela Rosa/Philippine Collegian Rights group Karapatan called on academic institutions to “uphold schools and libraries as democratic spaces,” and said that “tokhang” in libraries by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict should be stopped.
International independent investigation pressed amid continuing reprisals vs rights defenders engaging with UN
In an oral statement at the Item 5 interactive dialogue of the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council yesterday, September 30, 2021, Karapatan and t
Karapatan calls for release of arrested volunteer worker; decries torture, coercion by police, NTF-ELCAC
Photo by Del Abcede/Pacific Media Center Rights group Karapatan called for the release of Ma. Lorena Sigua, and decried the psychological torture and coercion against the arrested volunteer worker.
Release arrested and detained activists due to Villavert search warrants, rights group says
Those arrested and detained using the search warrants issued by Quezon City Executive Judge Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert should be released soon, according to rights group Karapatan.
SELDA statement on KBL’s endorsement of BBM to run for president on 2022 national elections
The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) vehemently denounces Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos’ shameless intention to run for president in the upcoming national elections, and the Marcoses’ desperate attempts to restore its political control over the country.
Never again to fascist dictatorships, #NoDuterteMarcos2022
Today, we remember when, 49 years ago, Proclamation 1081 was declared by the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, which placed the entire Philippines under martial law.
Rights group calls for release of peace consultant Maria Loida Magpatoc
Rights group Karapatan joined calls for the release of peace consultant Maria Loida Magpatoc, calling her arrest and detention anew “an additional obstacle in efforts to address the roots of the armed conflict in the country.” Rights group Karapatan joined calls for the release of peace consultant Maria Loida Magpatoc, calling her arrest and detention …
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