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KARAPATAN expressed alarm over the growing incidents of red-tagging, villification and outright threats against progressive candidates, their campaigners and supporters coming on the heels of the issuance by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) of Resolution No. 1116 prohibiting acts associated with red-tagging. The spurt in red-tagging incidents also comes after a recent nationwide inquiry by …

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KARAPATAN condemned the aerial strafing of peasant and indigenous communities in Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro perpetrated by the 4th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (IBPA) and the 203rd Infantry Brigade on March 1, 2025, saying this violates the principle of distinction in international humanitarian law which provides that parties to an armed conflict must “at …

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KARAPATAN condemns the imposition of de facto martial rule in the hinterlands of Mindoro and Samar that have resulted in grave human rights violations, violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) and serious disruptions in the local residents’ lives and livelihoods. “We call on the Commission of Human Rights (CHR) to look into these violations engendered …

KARAPATAN scores de facto martial law in Mindoro, Samar Read More »

Duterte accusing Marcos Jr. of being a dictator and Marcos Jr. pointing the finger to Duterte’s record of human rights violations is a classic case of a pot calling the kettle black. This ignominious exchange is rich, especially coming from the current and previous heads of State whose family names are synonymous with State-perpetrated bloodbaths …

KARAPATAN: The people fight on for freedom and democracy Read More »

KARAPATAN decries the continuing persecution of human rights defender Alexander Philip “Chakoy” Abinguna, Karapatan National Council member and coordinator of Katungod-Sinirangan Bisayas at the time of his arrest, as he attended the court hearing today, February 24, 2025, at Leyte Regional Trial Court Branch 45 for trumped up charges of illegal possession of firearms and …

KARAPATAN decries use of NTF-ELCAC paid hack in trumped up charges vs human rights worker, two others Read More »

KARAPATAN renews its call for the repeal of the Anti-Terrorism Act and the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Law, as it noted that the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) removal of the Philippines from its “grey list” instigates the further repression of political dissenters, development and humanitarian workers and ordinary folk by egging on the …

KARAPATAN renews call to scrap terror laws as PH removal from FATF grey list signals heightened repression, impunity Read More »