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KARAPATAN condemned the firing of a Tomahawk missile from the Tacloban City Airport towards a target in Laur, Nueva Ecija, an area 530 kilometers away. Said KARAPATAN secretary general Cristina Palabay, the missile launch from a civilian facility in Leyte towards a civilian community in Nueva Ecija underscores the fact that the entire country now …
KARAPATAN welcomes the recently publicized findings and recommendations of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) nationwide public inquiry conducted on red-tagging, which affirmed the widespread, harmful and dangerous consequences of red-tagging on people’s lives, liberty and security, especially those exercising their right to dissent, to expression, assembly and association. Although the inquiry report falls short …
KARAPATAN deplored statements made by Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro objecting to the resumption of the Marcos administration’s peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. “Nowhere in his statements did he mention the need to address the root causes that have been driving the armed conflict in the country,” said KARAPATAN deputy secretary …
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KARAPATAN lambasted a security alert from the US Embassy issued after two American citizens were among 19 persons killed in a military attack in Toboso, Negros Occidental on April 19, 2026, saying it sounded like it was straight out of a red- and terror-tagging playbook. KARAPATAN national council member Raoul Manuel noted that the alert …
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This year’s commemoration of International Workers’ Day comes at a time when the working people in the Philippines and elsewhere in the world are being buffeted both by intensifying fascist attacks and severe economic blows directly resulting from US imperialist aggression and intervention. Two months prior, the US bombed Iran, prompting the latter’s defense through …
Recent reports on a video drone footage indicating that slain New People’s Armyleader Roger Fabillar was alive and possibly rendered hors de combat during the incident, as well as the killing of two minors, ages 15 and 17 years old, further expose the chilling massacre of 19 individuals in Toboso, Negros Occidental. “Marcos’s Armed Forces …
Recent reports on a video drone footage indicating that slain New People’s Army leader Roger Fabillar was alive and possibly rendered hors de combat during the incident, as well as the killing of two minors, ages 15 and 17 years old, further expose the chilling massacre of 19 individuals in Toboso, Negros Occidental. “Marcos’s Armed …
In a protest action today at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, KARAPATAN denounced the Marcos Jr. regime’s recent war crimes in Negros with the reported killing of at least 19 individuals in Toboso town. Among those reportedly killed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines is Roger Fabillar of the New People’s Army, farmer Roel …
The International Criminal Court’s confirmation of murder and attempted charges against former President Rodrigo Duterte is the most recent vindication of the Filipino people’s efforts to uphold and pursue justice and accountability for the killings of thousands under Duterte’s bloody regime. As human rights advocates, we witnessed the mass murder of poor Filipinos in the …
KARAPATAN ON THE CONFIRMATION OF MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES VS DUTERTE Read More »
A win for justice. KARAPATAN welcomes the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber denying the appeal of former President Rodrigo Duterte that questioned the ICC’s jurisdiction over crimes against humanity filed against Rodrigo Duterte. The ICC Appeals Chamber upheld a previous ruling stating that the ICC retains jurisdiction over crimes already being …
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