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Human rights alliance Karapatan expressed its support for the renewal of broadcasting network ABS-CBN’s franchise, which is set to expire in March, as the group called on the public to "stand against the Duterte regime’s brazen attacks on press freedom and democracy." "Together with press freedom advocates, journalists, and media workers, Karapatan calls on Congress …

ABS-CBN shutdown a Marcosian attack on press freedom —Karapatan Read More »

Human rights group Karapatan condemned the resolution of the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) of Region XI, recommending the closure of the United Church of Christ of the Philippines (UCCP) sanctuary for indigenous people in Davao City, calling it “an act of blatant harassment against the displaced Lumad and those who provide sanctuary and …

Rights group backs UCCP vs closure attempt on its Davao compound Read More »

Human rights alliance Karapatan welcomed the release of Vice President Leni Robredo’s report on the “drug war,” in her short stint as co-chairperson of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD), which showed how the Duterte administration’s brutal and anti-poor drug war has been a “massive failure.”

Human rights group Karapatan welcomed on Thursday, December 19, the conviction of 28 suspects, including Datu Andal Jr. and Zaldy Ampatuan, in the infamous Ampatuan massacre that brutally claimed the lives of 58 individuals, including 32 journalists who were supposed to cover the filing of the certificate of candidacy of then gubernatorial bet Esmael “Toto” …

Conviction of Ampatuan massacre masterminds a long-deserved win for families of victims – Karapatan Read More »

Sr. Patricia Fox, NDS, the Australian missionary deported by the Bureau of Immigration last November 2018, expressed solidarity with Sr. Elenita Belardo, RGS, an 80-year-old nun facing a trumped-up perjury case filed by National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon, Jr.    Sr. Patricia Fox immersed herself in missionary work in the Philippines for 27 years, but …

Australian missionary Sr. Patricia Fox expresses solidarity with 80-year-old nun Elenita Belardo Read More »

On the evening of December 10, after protests that commemorated the International Human Rights Day, Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay received a call and a series of texts from an unknown number.

"There is a human rights crisis in the country. Regardless of the denials and legal acrobatics by the Duterte government, it has made its mark as a murderous regime that disregards people’s rights. This government’s record is besmirched with blood, with thousands killed in the sham drug war and counterinsurgency program, thousands displaced by bombings …

Karapatan cites urgency of the human rights crisis in the country, presses for probe and accountability during 2019 IHRD Read More »

On the eve of International Human Rights Day, December 9, 2019, the Ecumenical Voice for Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines (EcuVoice), a network of faith-based and human rights organizations, submitted its first wave of reports on the human rights situation in the Philippines to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, in …

Ecumenical network gives first wave of submissions for UN High Commissioner’s report on rights situation in PH Read More »