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KARAPATAN lambasted a security alert from the US Embassy issued after two American citizens were among 19 persons killed in a military attack in Toboso, Negros Occidental on April 19, 2026, saying it sounded like it was straight out of a red- and terror-tagging playbook. KARAPATAN national council member Raoul Manuel noted that the alert …

KARAPATAN slams US Embassy alert as “Red-Tagging Playbook” following Negros 19 ​massacre Read More »

This year’s commemoration of International Workers’ Day comes at a time when the working people in the Philippines and elsewhere in the world are being buffeted both by intensifying fascist attacks and severe economic blows directly resulting from US imperialist aggression and intervention. Two months prior, the US bombed Iran, prompting the latter’s defense through …

Statement on International Workers’ Day 2026 Read More »

Recent reports on a video drone footage indicating that slain New People’s Armyleader Roger Fabillar was alive and possibly rendered hors de combat during the incident, as well as the killing of two minors, ages 15 and 17 years old, further expose the chilling massacre of 19 individuals in Toboso, Negros Occidental. “Marcos’s Armed Forces …

KARAPATAN: Drone video footage of Fabillar, killing of minors in Negros expose grave human rights and IHL violations Read More »

In a protest action today at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, KARAPATAN denounced the Marcos Jr. regime’s recent war crimes in Negros with the reported killing of at least 19 individuals in Toboso town. Among those reportedly killed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines is Roger Fabillar of the New People’s Army, farmer Roel …

KARAPATAN: Marcos, AFP are war criminals Read More »

The International Criminal Court’s confirmation of murder and attempted charges against former President Rodrigo Duterte is the most recent vindication of the Filipino people’s efforts to uphold and pursue justice and accountability for the killings of thousands under Duterte’s bloody regime. As human rights advocates, we witnessed the mass murder of poor Filipinos in the …

KARAPATAN ON THE CONFIRMATION OF MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES VS DUTERTE Read More »

A win for justice. KARAPATAN welcomes the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber denying the appeal of former President Rodrigo Duterte that questioned the ICC’s jurisdiction over crimes against humanity filed against Rodrigo Duterte. The ICC Appeals Chamber upheld a previous ruling stating that the ICC retains jurisdiction over crimes already being …

Karapatan lauds ICC decision on court’s jurisdiction vs Duterte Read More »

Human rights alliance KARAPATAN strongly condemned the directive of Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Sec. Jonvic Remulla to the Philippine National Police to conduct arrests in line with its “Safer Cities Initiatives,” calling it a “crackdown against the poor.” Remulla’s directive, under the DILG’s “Safer Cities Initiative,” includes intensified enforcement of ordinances …

“Safer cities” arrests, a crackdown on the poor amidst deepening economic and political crisis — KARAPATAN Read More »

KARAPATAN raises alert on the latest incident of harassment and intimidation against Joselito Macapobre, a community organizer of the Paghidaet sa Kauswagan Development Group (PDG), amid continuing attacks against development workers and human rights defenders in Negros Occidental. On March 30, 2026, at around 9:00 a.m., two coastal guards, identified as Jennery A. Pancho and …

KARAPATAN raises alert on renewed harassment vs. Negros dev’t worker Joselito Macapobre Read More »

“While many observe Holy Week as a time for reflection, State agents take no pause in violating human rights,” said rights group KARAPATAN, as it condemned the arrest of two elderly women development workers in Pavia, Iloilo on April 2, Maundy Thursday. Panay Alliance Karapatan reported that longtime activists Josephine Parra Porquia, 64, and Ma. …

KARAPATAN condemns Holy Week arrest of women development workers in Iloilo Read More »