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KARAPATAN assailed a bill filed by Sen. Imee Marcos, dubbed the President Rodrigo R. Duterte Act if passed into law, prohibiting the transfer of individuals within Philippine territory to any foreign entity not recognized through a treaty, or without the person’s consent or a local court order. The bill references Duterte’s arrest by the Interpol …

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KARAPATAN has followed up Justice Secretary Crispin Remulla’s latest pronouncements of an intersection between the perpetrators of the drug war-related killings and the abductors and likely murderers of the “missing sabungeros,” saying that “these may be the same people involved in the enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killings of activists.” Information disclosed by a whistleblower to …

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Karapatan assailed the renewed security arrangements entered into by Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in his state visit to the United States that would redound to more US military funding and armaments for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for use in its brutal counter-insurgency war. Said Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay, “In meetings between US …

Marcos-Trump agreements during state visit will worsen rights situation in PH Read More »

Dear friends, On July 18, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) launched Defending in Numbers: Reclaiming CIvic Space, Unbroken Voices, which analyses the situation of human rights defenders (HRDs) in Asia in 2023 and 2024, including the Philippines. The program launch was held at the Commission on Human Rights, sponsored by the …

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Karapatan said that the arrest by the Interpol of Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa is long overdue, after Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin hinted on Dela Rosa’s impending arrest in a recent media interview. According to Bersamin, the Philippine government would hand over Dela Rosa to the Interpol the same way it ceded Duterte should there …

KARAPATAN: Bato’s arrest is long overdue Read More »

As social movements, groups and the United Nations commemorate July 18 as Nelson Mandela International Day, and days before the fourth State of the Nation Address of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., human rights alliance KARAPATAN scored the Marcos administration for its heightened attacks against human rights defenders and communities through illegal or arbitrary arrests, judicial …

KARAPATAN: Attacks vs human rights defenders, communities rife under Marcos Jr. Read More »

KARAPATAN welcomes the filing of a bill at the House of Representatives by the Makabayan bloc representatives which seeks to include fragile health and advanced age as additional grounds for the release on recognizance of indigent prisoners. Joining Reps. Antonio Tinio of ACT Teachers Partylist and Renee Co of Kabataan Partylist in refiling the bill …

Rights group welcomes filing of bill for recognizance of sick, elderly indigent prisoners Read More »

KARAPATAN assailed the Bureau of Corrections’ (BuCor) permanent ban of Kapatid spokesperson Fides Lim from visiting prison camps under its jurisdiction, saying it violates human rights standards set under a domestic law in the Philippines and the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. “Considering that, by its own admission, the Bureau of …

Rights group denounces BuCor’s permanent ban vs Kapatid spokesperson Read More »