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Karapatan welcomes the lifting by the Movies and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) of the X-rating on “Alipato at Muog,” an award-winning documentary film on the abduction and enforced disappearance of activist Jonas Burgos. An X-rating from the MTRCB classifies a film as “not for public viewing.” Upon second review, however, “Alipato at Muog,” …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

KARAPATAN emphasizes role of State security forces in the abduction of Felix Salaveria Jr. and James Jazmines Read More »

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 …

Families of disappeared James Jazmines, Felix Salaveria, Jr. plea for safe return of their loved ones Read More »

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 …

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