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Human rights alliance KARAPATAN called on the House of Representatives’ Quad Committee to take a deep-dive investigation into the bloody trail of funds and police officers responsible for drug-related extrajudicial killings which seems to present leads on the possible perpetrators of the killings of activists and ordinary folks during the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte. The …

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“Yes VP Sara, you and your kind, you are the problem.” Rights group KARAPATAN hit back at Vice President Sara Duterte’s remarks saying she is not the country’s biggest problem. “Sara Duterte and Ferdinand Marcos Jr. are from political clans that perpetuated themselves in power for their own personal benefit and interests. The Marcoses and …

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Karapatan condemns the weaponization of anti-terror laws in the latest spate of attacks against activists, development workers and peace advocates in the Ilocos region. On October 21, 2024, Simeon “Ka Filiw” Naogsan was arrested in a raid by joint military and police elements on the house he was staying in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte. The 70-year …

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KARAPATAN strongly condemns the brazen killing of female broadcaster Maria Vilma Rodriguez in Zamboanga City last night. Rodriguez is the fourth victim of media killings under the Marcos Jr. government, according to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines. Rodriguez, 56, was a broadcaster and radio program anchor for Barangay Action Center of 105.9 …

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KARAPATAN denounced the recent arrests and harassment of peasants in Hacienda Almeda in Occidental Mindoro and in Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac City. At least 31 Iraya Mangyan residents, including 16 elderly individuals and 15 minors, were reported to have been illegally arrested and detained by seven private goons and four members of the Police Regional …

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Karapatan slams Sen. Rogelio “Bato” dela Rosa’s call for a motu proprio investigation in the Senate to counter the ongoing hearings in the House Quad Committee in relation to the implementation of Duterte’s bloody drug war. “What sort of fairness and impartiality do we expect from an investigation called by no less than a human …

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KARAPATAN calls for the urgent dismissal of charges of illegal assembly against two MAKABAYAN senatoriables–transport leader Modesto “Mody” Floranda and urban poor leader Eufemia “Mimi” Doringo for alleged violations of Batasang Pambansa 880 (BP 880) or the Public Assembly Act. The complaint also included Ruben “Bong” Baylon, secretary general of PISTON, as well as Manibela …

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KARAPATAN called on the Marcos Jr. administration and the Armed Forces of the Philippines to immediately surface peasant organizer Fhobie Matias and deplored attacks against farmers and their organizations. According to reports by peasant organization Katipunan ng mga Samahang Magbubukid sa Timog Katagalugan (KASAMA-TK), suspected State security forces abducted Matias on September 28, 2024 in …

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KARAPATAN condemns the arrest and killing of two consultants of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in a span of three weeks. Ariel Arbitrario was reportedly tortured and killed with two others in an encounter on September 11, 2024 in Barangay Baliuag, Peñablanca, Cagayan, while Porferio Tuna was arrested in Tagum City on …

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Human rights alliance KARAPATAN condemns the arrest of Jose Puancing, a farmworker leader in Negros, based on trumped-up charges which stemmed from the search warrants issued by Quezon City Judge Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert, and resulted in the arrests of activists in Negros island and Metro Manila in October to November 2019. Puancing, 63, was arrested outside …

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