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Rights group opposes “warrant factory judge” application to higher judiciary posts anew

Human rights alliance KARAPATAN strongly opposed anew the application of Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert for appointment as Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals or the Court of Tax Appeals, saying her judicial record of abuse and political persecution makes her ever unfit for higher position in the judiciary. “No matter how many times she applies for …

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“Don’t coddle a criminal who killed thousands”: Rights group condemns Senate “custody” of Bato, calls for immediate arrest

Human rights group KARAPATAN strongly condemned the Philippine Senate’s decision to place Senator Ronald dela Rosa under so-called “custody” following the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s public announcement of an arrest warrant tied to charges arising from the bloody drug war under former president Rodrigo Duterte. “You’re keeping a criminal who killed thousands,” KARAPATAN said, denouncing …

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KARAPATAN: NTF-ELCAC scrambles to cover up violations of rights, IHL in Negros 19 massacre

Rights group KARAPATAN hit the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), calling its latest “tirade of lies” a desperate attempt to reinforce its flimsy encounter narrative on the killing of the Negros 19. “The hideous red-tagging agency of the Marcos Jr. government is scrambling to cover up and evade accountability, when …

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KARAPATAN to Senator Bato dela Rosa: Your days of imupunity are numbered

Despite no public warrants issued by the International Criminal Court, Karapatan reiterates its call for the immediate arrest of Senator Ronald dela Rosa, one of the principal implementers of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody “drug war,” and other high officials of the Philippine National Police. Dela Rosa openly and mockingly dared the ICC to arrest …

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Marcos’ ASEAN chairship and UNSC seat are shameful acts of window dressing

KARAPATAN deplores Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s chairship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the ASEAN Ministerial Forum opens today, May 7, 2026 in Cebu, Philippines, and his pursuit of a seat at the United Nations Security Council as shameful acts of window dressing, given his sordid human rights record and his being a lapdog …

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CHR findings on redtagging bolster call for the abolition of NTF-ELCAC, junking of terror laws

KARAPATAN welcomes the recently publicized findings and recommendations of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) nationwide public inquiry conducted on red-tagging, which affirmed the widespread, harmful and dangerous consequences of red-tagging on people’s lives, liberty and security, especially those exercising their right to dissent, to expression, assembly and association. Although the inquiry report falls short …

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

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 …

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