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Dear friends, We are sharing with you this open letter by the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) – Canada addressed to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on the immediate release of detained labor organizer Ernesto Jude Rimando Jr. Best regards, KARAPATAN Public Information Desk AN OPEN LETTERTo President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.RE: …
Geneva, Switzerland — Philippine UPR Watch conveners namely the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) and KARAPATAN, thru the Philippine UPR Watch, have asked four UN Special Rapporteurs – on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, on freedom of opinion and expression, on freedom of peaceful assembly and …
Filipino rights defenders to UN experts: Look into use of terror laws vs dev’t workers Read More »
Today marks the fourth year of Republic Act No. 11479 or the Anti-Terror Act (ATA) of 2020. Since its enactment, the terror law, along with its evil twin, Republic Act No. 10168 or the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012 have been weaponized to criminalize dissent and demonize activists. To date, more than …
Geneva, Switzerland — Filipino civil society representatives from the Philippine UPR Watch today lauded the report of the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Climate Change on the mandate’s country visit to the Philippines. The report was presented at the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council Session in Geneva, Switzerland. According to the …
Eight-five year old Gerardo dela Peña, the oldest political prisoner in the Philippines, was finally released from the New Bilibid Prisons at 9:30 p.m. of June 30, 2024 by virtue of executive clemency. He had been behind bars for more than 11 years for a trumped-up murder charge. Tatay Gerardo’s release was the result of …
KARAPATAN on the recent release of oldest political prisoner in PH Read More »
KARAPATAN reiterates its calls for the abolition of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict and the repeal of Republic Act No. 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Act, as the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights Ian Fry submitted his final report on his official visit in the Philippines today, …
Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s remark that former Sen. Leila de Lima’s acquittal proves that the Philippine justice system works is the height of irony. Former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte instigated the filing of a number of trumped-up drug-related cases against Senator De Lima because she was one of the staunchest critics of the former regime’s bloody war …
KARAPATAN on Marcos Jr.’s remark on “working justice system” in PH Read More »
Human rights alliance KARAPATAN assailed the latest attempt by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to wheedle more funds from government coffers in the upcoming deliberations in Congress for the 2025 budget. The NTF-ELCAC is reportedly gunning for an additional PhP 8.7 billion for its so-called Support to Barangay Development …
In a side event at the 56th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Switzerland on June 20, 2024, KARAPATAN’s Atty. Maria Sol Taule said that under the Marcos Jr. administration, “the human rights situation remains as bleak as ever, with intensifying human rights and international humanitarian law violations and worsening climate of …
SELDA (Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto) marks the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture with renewed calls for a stop to torture, for justice for all victims and survivors of this abominable crime and for the release of all political prisoners, many of whom are living examples that torture …
SELDA statement on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture Read More »
