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Karapatan to PH gov’t: Invite UN, EU rights experts to investigate situation of IPs in UCCP Haran and in PH

Human rights group Karapatan asserted that an independent and impartial investigation by the United Nations (UN) human rights mechanism and other platforms engaged in human rights issues in the European Union (EU) on the situation of the indigenous peoples seeking sanctuary at the Haran Center run by the United Church of Christ in the Philippines …

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Karapatan to Congress, CHR: Investigate social media accounts linked to China-based individuals, military and police

Human rights watchdog Karapatan called on the Congress and the Commission on Human Rights to look into all the official social media accounts of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Philippine National Police (PNP), and the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), as well as those of their top …

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Karapatan demands PNP, AFP, NTF-ELCAC to disclose all State-backed ‘advocacy groups’ following Facebook takedowns

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Philippine National Police (PNP), and the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) should immediately and fully disclose before the public all of the so-called “advocacy groups” and the fake Facebook accounts that they support and manage, human rights watchdog Karapatan demanded on Wednesday, …

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On President Rodrigo Duterte’s threats against Facebook

While there are numerous human rights challenges that Facebook has to address, shutting down the platform, when it doesn’t suit the current administration’s wishes to maintain pages that incite violence and foment lies on activists and those that will unduly influence the election, is tantamount to censorship.

Karapatan welcomes UNESCO reclassification of Ampatuan massacre case

Human rights watchdog Karapatan welcomed on Tuesday the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) decision to reclassify the Ampatuan massacre as “ongoing/unresolved” following the letter sent by the families of the massacre’s victims, media groups, and various human rights organizations and advocates to UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay last September 12 appealing the …

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Karapatan: Bill seeking to block US aid to AFP, PNP, a strong statement vs Duterte’s campaign of State terror

Amid growing international condemnation on the Duterte administration’s human rights violations in the Philippines, human rights alliance Karapatan said that passing the Philippine Human Rights Act in the United States — which seeks to block or suspend US government funding for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) — …

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