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KARAPATAN supports the protest of more than 600 “persons deprived of liberty,” including political prisoners, at the Negros Occidental District Jail in Bago City, Negros Occidental. We call on the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) to respect the rights and welfare of the prisoners, including their legitimate right to seek redress of their …

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Rights group KARAPATAN called for an urgent independent investigation on the latest incidents of aerial bombings and indiscriminate firing by State security forces in the island of Panay, following reports of the same incidents of bombings in other regions under the Marcos Jr. government. “That these intense military operations are being carried out on International …

KARAPATAN calls for urgent investigation on Panay bombings, IHL violations under Marcos Jr. Read More »

Rights group KARAPATAN condemned the arrest of PISTON member Felixberto Consad based on trumped up charges against the transport sector activist. On August 14, Consad, 61, was at the balcony of their house in Sogod, Southern Leyte, taking care of his grandchild, when a man in plainclothes entered their yard, followed by a uniformed policeman …

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KARAPATAN welcomed the dismissal by the Department of Justice (DOJ) of the terrorist financing charges against Myrna Zapanta, a long-time women’s and indigenous rights activist. The complainants, PCMS Jomar Camat and PCPL John Galvizo of the Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Regional Field Unit 1, alleged that Zapanta was a finance officer of …

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Rights group KARAPATAN denounced the Marcos Jr. regime’s National Action Plan for Unity, Peace and Development (NAP-UPD), a counter-insurgency program that will worsen violations of human rights and IHL, with the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) as one of the lead agencies, calling it a “national plan for state terrorism.” …

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KARAPATAN condemned the spate of harassment incidents against youth and church activists in Tacloban City in the past several days and called on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to take decisive steps in calling the attention and put a stop to these forms of threats and bullying by the military and the National Task …

KARAPATAN to CHR: Take decisive steps to stop threats, bullying by military, NTF-ELCAC vs youth activists, church workers in Eastern Visayas Read More »

August 2025 marks the eighth year since the killings of Kian delos Santos, Carl Arnaiz and Reynaldo “Kulot” de Guzman, who were killed on August 16 and 18, 2017 in Caloocan City during the Duterte regime’s bloody war on drugs. It will be remembered that prior to the killings of Kian, Carl and Kulot, Duterte …

KARAPATAN: Justice remains elusive for “drug war” victims of Duterte et.al. Read More »

Today, on the 17th of August 2025, KARAPATAN remembers Zara Alvarez, one of its most courageous and dedicated human rights workers, who was gunned down by suspected state agents near her home in Bacolod City five years ago under the fascist Duterte regime. As Duterte enjoys the right to due process accorded by the International …

KARAPATAN decries continuing injustice on 5th year after the killing of rights defender Zara Alvarez Read More »