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KARAPATAN scores Senate reso on Duterte’s house arrest

KARAPATAN blasted the Philippine Senate’s lack of integrity after the latter passed a resolution yesterday, October 1, calling on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to place Rodrigo Duterte on house arrest for humanitarian reasons. “The Senate resolution is both premature and presumptuous,” said KARAPATAN secretary general Cristina Palabay, “since the ICC’s Pre-Trial Chamber has yet …

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Statement of Hustisya, organization of EJK victims’ kin and other victims of human rights violations, on the Senate reso on Duterte’s house arrest

Thieves protect their own. Murderers shield each other. The Senate’s recent resolution urging house arrest for former President Rodrigo Duterte is proof that our institutions have chosen to side with the perpetrators, not the victims. This resolution is not about justice. It is about shielding power. It spits on the memory of the thousands of …

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Families of disappeared express support for family of missing activist James Jazmines as CA hearing starts

Desaparecidos, an organization of families and friends of victims of enforced disappearance, welcomed the conduct of hearings at the Court of Appeals on petitions for writs of amparo and habeas data filed by Cora Jazmines, wife of missing activist James Jazmines, who was abducted in Tabaco City, Albay on August 23, 2025. Today’s proceeding at …

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KARAPATAN: Justice for Eric Saber, Free All Victims of September 21 Illegal Arrests!

Human rights alliance KARAPATAN demanded a full and independent investigation into the violent dispersal of the September 21 protests in Manila, the immediate release of all victims of illegal arrest, and accountability from top officials who continue to deny state violence. “DILG Sec. Jonvic Remulla, Manila Mayor Isko Moreno, and the MPD are lying when …

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Bato, NTF-ELCAC bill on “terror-grooming” violates youth’s right to organize, freedom of expression and opinion

KARAPATAN assailed Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa for sponsoring Senate Bill No. 1366 entitled “The Terror Grooming Prevention Act” ostensibly to stem recruitment of youth into the New People’s Army (NPA). “Rattled by the youth’s outstanding response to recent revelations of bureaucratic corruption,” said KARAPATAN secretary general Cristina Palabay, “Bato dela Rosa is now foisting …

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Rights group raises alarm on possible coercion of abducted community organizer

Human rights alliance KARAPATAN expressed alarm over the possibility that former University of the Philippines student leader and community organizer Faye Tallow, who was arrested without warrant in Camarines Norte on September 4, 2025, is being subjected to intense coercion by her military and police captors. KARAPATAN earlier had issued a press statement demanding that …

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