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KARAPATAN slams recent terror case vs Southern Tagalog human rights workers

KARAPATAN denounces the recently-reported indictment of two Southern Tagalog young activists for alleged violation of Republic Act No. 10168 or the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012. The ridiculous accusation of terrorist financing levelled against Southern Tagalog youth activists Fritz Jay Labiano and Adrian Paul Tagle is but the latest act by the …

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Karapatan raises grave concern on rising number of enforced disappearances under Marcos Jr.

Today, we bear witness to environmental defender Eco Dangla’s description of his ordeal, from his ordeal to the torture that he endured. On Sunday, April 28, 2024, we recall the 17th year since activist Jonas Burgos was abducted and the first year after the enforced disappearance of indigenous people’s advocates Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz …

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Karapatan remembers Rene Saguisag

Karapatan extends its deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Atty. Rene Saguisag, who died on April 24, 2024 at the age of 84. The human rights community remembers Atty. Saguisag as a staunch nemesis of dictatorship. He was one of the courageous lawyers who founded the Movement of Attorneys for Brotherhood, Integrity …

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Desaparecidos marks 28th birthday of Gene Roz Jamil de Jesus, one year after his disappearance

As Gene Roz Jamil “Bazoo” de Jesus, an activist, beloved son, brother, and friend, would have celebrated his 28th birthday today, Desaparecidos solemnly marks this occasion amid his continued absence. Bazoo together with Dexter Capuyan were abducted by suspected state agents on April 28, 2023, in Taytay, Rizal, leaving his family, friends, and community devastated …

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Rights group denounces violent demolition of farms, stores in Cavite village

Karapatan denounces the violent demolitions of stores, farms and protest centers in Barangay Tartaria, Silang, Cavite by hired goons of Ayala Land Inc. and the Aguinaldo clan. The disputed area in Barangay Tartaria is part of a 200-hectare landholding settled by farmers since the late 19th century and known for its fertile soil planted to …

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KARAPATAN slams US-PH wargames, calls for an end to US intervention in PH

KARAPATAN condemns in the strongest terms the upcoming Balikatan war games which will involve up to 16,000 US and Filipino troops and the use of advanced weaponry in scenarios simulating aerial and maritime attacks from China. Coupled with the recent deployment by the US in the Philippines of mid-range missiles capable of reaching Taiwan and …

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KARAPATAN on Marcos Jr.’s recent terror council resolutions

The Marcos Jr.’s duplicity in pursuing peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) is highly evident with the latest resolutions issued by the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) maintaining the designation of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People’s Army (NPA) as “terrorist organizations” and branding two women NDFP …

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Rights group decries recent rights, IHL violations in Bukidnon

KARAPATAN condemns the series of grave violations of human rights and International Humanitarian Law (IHL) perpetrated by state forces in Bukidnon. On April 10, 2024, witnesses from the locality reported that former UP student turned New People’s Army guerrilla Kaliska Dominica Peralta was accosted unarmed by elements of the 48th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine …

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Rights, IHL violations vs civilians continue in Masbate, Ilocos Sur-Abra border

Civilians are bearing the brunt of intensified militarization in the countryside and increasingly being victimized by the violations of human rights and International Humanitarian Law (IHL) that mark counter-insurgency operations under the Marcos Jr. regime. In Sitio Tadloy, Barangay Luna, Placer, Masbate, troopers under the 2nd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army summarily killed peasant …

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