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The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) vehemently condemned the unjust and wrongful conviction of former political prisoner and former SELDA National Board member Ka Satur Ocampo by the Davao del Norte Regional Trial Court Branch 2. Ocampo, a former political prisoner under Marcos Sr., endured torture, including severe beatings and electrocution …
The Marcos Jr. regime is set to produce one of the biggest extravaganzas ever—the State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2024. Initial estimates already put the cost of this extravaganza at a whopping PhP20 million for this event of a few hours. The Philippine National Police (PNP) has also announced that it will be deploying …
Desaparecidos, an organization of families and friends of victims of enforced disappearance in the Philippines, warmly congratulates Jose Luis “JL” Burgos, as his documentary film “Alipato at Muog” (Flying Embers and a Fortress) makes it as a finalist in Cinemalaya 2024’s full length film category. JL, a member of Desaparecidos, is a filmmaker, visual artist …
Families of the disappeared laud Cinemalaya film on desaparecidos Read More »
The decision of the Davao del Norte Regional Trial Court Branch 2 wrongfully convicting us, the eight teachers of the Salugpungan Ta ‘Tanu Igkanogon Community Learning Center and the Community Technical College of Southeastern Mindanao, and two from the Alliance of Concerned Teachers, is unacceptable and unjust. This wrongful conviction speaks of the continuing persecution …
JOINT STATEMENT OF KA SATUR OCAMPO AND REP. FRANCE CASTRO Read More »
Human rights alliance Karapatan deplores the unjust verdict by Judge Judge Jimmy Boco of Tagum City Regional Trial Court, Branch 2 of 18 members of a humanitarian mission for “child abuse”. In a decision, Judge Boco issued the verdict against former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo, ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro and 10 others …
Karapatan assails unjust verdict vs Ka Satur, Rep. France and Talaingod 18 Read More »
National Security Adviser Eduardo Año is a fine one to talk as he lobbies for billions of pesos more for the warmonger National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and brands their enemies as “peace spoilers.” The fact is that with the NTF-ELCAC and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in …
KARAPATAN welcomed the release of the last of the 57 Negros activists detained on the basis of a defective search warrant issued by Quezon City Executive Judge Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert in 2019. Imelda Sultan, a local leader of the National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) in Escalante City, was arrested on November 1, 2019 with NFSW …
Former political prisoners represented by SELDA (Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto) today submitted a letter addressed to Commission on Human Rights Chairperson Richard Palpal-latoc, urging the CHR to monitor the cases and advocate for the immediate release of sick and elderly political prisoners, as well as those who are facing trumped …
KARAPATAN stands firmly in solidarity with the 18 members of a humanitarian mission conducted in 2018 who have been unjustly charged with acts of child abuse. Collectively known as the Talaingod 18, the members of the humanitarian mission participated in by former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo, ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro, and four …
KARAPATAN decried the stepped up harassment inflicted by State security forces on human rights defenders in Central Luzon and Negros. In Central Luzon, tarpaulins addressed to Karapatan-Central Luzon coordinator Pia Montalban were hung in at least three provinces — Pampanga, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija — accusing her and KARAPATAN of being the recruiters of ten …
