Use this content type if you want to publish a press release or a statement.
“We deplore the Department of Justice’s resolution to press grave oral defamation charges against environmental defenders Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro. This is an attack on freedom of expression in the country, where victims of rights violations are persecuted for speaking the truth,” said Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay on what they called as another …
Dear friends, We are sharing with you this joint statement of young environmental activists Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano on the recent resolution of the Department of Justice regarding the perjury complaint against them by 70th Infantry Battalion commander Lt. Col. Ronnel dela Cruz. Karapatan will be sending our statement regarding the resolution within the …
JOINT STATEMENT nila Jonila Castro & Jhed Tamano Read More »
Relatives of slain activists and a mother of a detained political prisoner, along with abduction survivors and union organizers April Dyan Gumanao and Armand Dayoha and leaders of people’s organizations, met with UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan today in Cebu, as they pointed out the role of State security forces, including the NTF-ELCAC, in the …
The much-vaunted UniTeam of the Marcoses and Dutertes is crumbling, with both camps exchanging charges and insults in yesterday’s stand-off rallies at the Quirino Grandstand and in Davao City. On the surface, the great divide between the two warring factions is charter change (cha-cha), with the Marcos Jr. administration pushing to amend the 1987 Constitution …
KARAPATAN on the Marcos-Duterte brawl and the people’s struggle for genuine change Read More »
“We are grateful that UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression Irene Khan was able to visit three political prisoners – campus journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, KARAPATAN human rights worker Alexander Philip Abinguna, and Rural Missionaries of the Philippines staff Marielle Domequil – in Tacloban City Jail today. Their unjust arrest and detention, …
“No amount of posturing and lies by the Marcos Jr. administration, the NTF-ELCAC and all other operators of its counter-insurgency program, can hide the dire violations of freedom of opinion and expression and the sordid human rights situation under his National Security Policy,” said Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay, a day after UN Special Rapporteur …
Marcos Jr.’s NTF-ELCAC, NSP pose grave dangers on freedom of expression, rights Read More »
The terrorist designation of four Cordillera human rights defenders as well as the filing of charges under Republic Act No. 11479 or the “Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020” against two women environmental defenders in Southern Tagalog, among many other numerous consecutive reported cases on the use of the terror law, sets a dangerous precedent to more …
“Simply doublespeak,” said KARAPATAN secretary general Cristina Palabay in reaction to the Justice Department officials’ pronouncements when asked by UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion Irene Khan if red-tagging is a policy of the Philippine government. “We are aghast when the DOJ said that it has sufficient mechanisms to address red-tagging. What …
“Doublespeak,” Karapatan says of DOJ claim that red-tagging is not gov’t policy Read More »
“The lack of political will, and the extreme delay in bringing to justice the killers of slain broadcaster Gerry Ortega, and in other victims of extrajudicial killings, are now on the Marcos Jr. administration,” said rights group Karapatan, as they joined environmental activists, human rights defenders and press freedom advocates in commemorating the 13th year …
Karapatan views with grave concern a proposal from an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to revive the barangay intelligence network (BIN) purportedly to weed out illegal drugs. This proposal has been announced before with Malacañang issued Memorandum Order No. 54 yesterday, reorganizing the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) to …
Karapatan on Malacañang’s reorganization of NICA, brgy intel network revival Read More »
