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Karapatan statement on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

As we mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture this June 26th, we denounce torture and reaffirm our support for victims and survivors of this grave human rights violation. In the Philippines, torture persists despite the enactment of Republic Act No. 9745 or the Anti-Torture Act of 2009, which punishes torture inflicted …

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KARAPATAN slams raid on KMP leader’s house, threats vs peasants and rights advocates

KARAPATAN condemned the series of raids and incidents of harassment against peasant leaders in Bulacan as well as farmers and rights advocates in Negros and Batangas, warning that they may be a prelude to a major crackdown on peasant leaders, activists and farmers’ rights advocates. “At 7 a.m. today, June 18, 2024,” said KARAPATAN secretary …

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Release on recognizance of terminally ill political prisoner sought in Bohol court

The lawyer for a terminally ill political prisoner has petitioned the court to release his client on recognizance on humanitarian grounds. Atty. Kristian Lora of the Visayas Community Law Center filed the petition at Carmen, Bohol Regional Trial Court Branch 51 on June 19, 2024 on behalf of workers’ rights advocate Ernesto Jude Rimando who …

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KARAPATAN welcomes dismissal of terrorism financing charges vs 2 youth human rights workers

Human rights alliance KARAPATAN welcomed the dismissal of the trumped-up terrorist financing cases against young human rights workers Fritz Labiano and Paul Tagle. In an order dated June 5, 2024, Batangas City Regional Trial Court 7 Presiding Judge Aida Carrera Santos ordered the dismissal after the complainants failed to comply with the court’s deadline to …

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Human rights groups press for the urgent release of terminally ill political prisoner

Human rights groups Samahan ng Ex-detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners, and KARAPATAN renewed their calls for the immediate release of terminally ill political prisoner Ernesto Jude Rimando Jr., a trade union and peasant rights advocate who was arbitrarily arrested on January 6, 2021 and is detained at …

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Human rights group decries freeze order on bank accounts of dev’t NGO

Karapatan condemns the freeze order issued by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) on the accounts of the Citizens’ Disaster Response Center (CDRC), a development NGO with partners nationwide focused on community-based disaster management. In an order dated May 10, 2024, the AMLC ordered the CDRC’s accounts frozen allegedly because the latter is a direct recipient …

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Karapatan blocks ‘search warrant factory’ judge’s bid for CA post

Human rights alliance Karapatan protested the inclusion of Judge Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert in the short list of candidates being considered for promotion to the posts of Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals and Associate Justice of the Sandiganbayan. In a letter to the Judicial and Bar Council dated May 22, 2024, Karapatan urged the JBC …

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