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The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) is harping on its “terror-grooming” narrative as it cried crocodile tears over the death of Vince Francis Dingding, a former student who joined the New People’s Army (NPA) and was killed with four others in an alleged encounter in Cauayan, Negros Occidental on May …
A national fact-finding and solidarity mission (NFSM) composed of more than a hundred human rights workers, Makabayan lawmakers, activists, church workers, youth leaders, and journalists found the Philippine military liable for terrorizing farming communities in Negros Occidental following the bloody massacre in Toboso on April 19. The mission confirms, through witness testimonies, that six of …
Fact-Finding Mission Confirms Civilian Victims, Ongoing IHL Violations in Toboso Read More »
Human rights alliance KARAPATAN condoles with the family of Raul Tolingin, 57, an hors de combat in Bicol, and said that the military should be held accountable for his death while under military custody on May 13, due to complications arising from injuries he sustained in what witnesses and rights advocates described as a “fake …
Military is accountable for the death of hors de combat in Masbate Read More »
The ‘lockdown’ or ‘standoff’ in the Senate last night, however they call it now, is part of the disgusting and sickening turn of events that embodies our revoltingly rotten political system – from the House of Representatives’ impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, to the leadership change in the Senate geared towards supporting Sara in …
“Heads must roll over Bato dela Rosa’s escape from the Senate. Accountability does not stop with the senators involved — it extends all the way to the Marcos Jr. and his state forces. They allowed an international fugitive to slip away, making a mockery of the Filipino people’s demand that he be arrested and made …
Heads must roll over Bato dela Rosa’s escape: Marcos Jr admin must be held accountable Read More »
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 …
Rights group opposes “warrant factory judge” application to higher judiciary posts anew Read More »
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 …
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 …
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 …
KARAPATAN to Senator Bato dela Rosa: Your days of imupunity are numbered Read More »
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 …
Marcos’ ASEAN chairship and UNSC seat are shameful acts of window dressing Read More »
