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Karapatan welcomes the dismissal of the cases filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) against four activists for alleged violation of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020. In a joint order dated September 3, 2024, Malolos RTC Branch 12 Presiding Judge Julie P. Mercurio dismissed the cases against Makabayan secretary general Nathaniel Santiago, Anakpawis campaign …
Karapatan assailed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) proposed budget hike for 2025, saying that an agency whose specialty is concocting trumped-up charges against activists and other dissenters does not deserve increased fund allocations from the public coffers. The DOJ’s proposed budget for 2025 amounts to Php 40.6 billion, a 6.3% increase from its 2024 budget …
Rights group scores DOJ’s concoction of trumped up charges vs activists Read More »
Desaparecidos, an organization of families and friends of the disappeared, stands in solidarity with the families of James Jazmines and Felix Salaveria Jr. as we confront the horrifying reality of their enforced disappearances. Recent reports from Karapatan reveal the alarming sequence of events that suggest these abductions are not isolated incidents but are part of …
Ang Hustisya ay nakikiisa sa pamilya ni Engr. Fidela Salvador sa patuloy na paghahanap ng katarungan sa pagpaslang sa kanya isang dekada na ang nakalilipas. Si Engr. Salvador ay pinaslang ng mga elemento ng 41st Infantry Battalion ng Philippine Army noong Setyembre 2, 2014 sa Lacub, Abra habang nagmomonitor ng mga disaster at socio-economic projects …
Karapatan stands solidly behind four activists who are among the latest victims of the Marcos Jr. regime’s weaponization of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020 to criminalize activism and demonize dissenters. Makabayan secretary general Nathaniel Santiago, Anakpawis campaign director Servillano “Jun” Luna, Jr., ASCENT convenor and development worker Rosario Brenda Gonzalez and Bulacan ecumenical forum …
KARAPATAN decries increasing victims of political persecution via terror law Read More »
The results of a quick reaction mission on the disappearances of James Jazmines and Felix Salaveria Jr. provided more indicators that State security forces were behind their abduction. Human rights Karapatan said a team it dispatched to Albay to assist James’ wife in searching for him ended up having to gather facts not just on …
Dear colleagues, We are sharing the statements issued by the loved ones of missing James Jazmines and Felix Salaveria, Jr. today, September 3, 2024, in an online press briefing. KARAPATAN Public Information Desk Statement of Cora Jazmines, wife of missing James Jazmines James Jazmines, 63, is NDFP consultant Alan Jazmines’ youngest brother. He has been …
KARAPATAN raises grave concern about another reported abduction in Tabaco, Albay, five days after the disappearance of James Jazmines, a brother of National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultant Alan Jazmines. Felix Salaveria, Jr., 66, a founding and active member of Cycling Advocates (CYCAD), a group that promotes bicycle riding as a low-cost, healthy …
KARAPATAN sounds alarm on another abduction in Tabaco, Albay Read More »
August 30 is marked worldwide as International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance. In the Philippines, where enforced disappearance has become a fast-growing phenomenon under the Marcos Jr. regime, environmental activist and abduction victim Francisco “Eco” Dangla has chosen this day to seek protection from the courts through petitions for the writs of amparo …
KARAPATAN sounds alarm on increasing cases of enforced disappearances under Marcos Jr. Read More »
The Department of National Defense (DND) is eyeing a hefty Php256.1-billion allocation for 2025, reflecting a 6.4% increase from its 2024 budget. Even with its current budget, however, Marcos Jr.’s military is already responsible for grave human rights violations as well as mounting violations of international humanitarian law as it scrambles to meet kill quotas …
KARAPATAN: Funds for social services, not for State terrorism! Read More »
