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“The SIM card registration is another attempt of the government to institute false public security, when it has failed to uphold the people’s right to security and privacy by being the primary source and enabler of more threats like data breaches, surveillance and poor implementation of laws on data privacy,” said rights group Karapatan, as …

SIM card registration law brings false security, greater threat to people’s rights Read More »

A decade since its last review, the Philippine government will undergo scrutiny by the UN Human Rights Committee on October 11 and 12, 2022 in Geneva, Switzerland on its compliance to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the treaty body’s recommendations in its 2012 review. Based on reports, Justice Secretary Jesus …

Prevalence of impunity, rights violations belies gov’t’s claims on HR situation in PH in UN treaty body’s human rights review Read More »

“The absence of justice and accountability for the human rights violations committed during the Duterte administration and the continuing grave attacks on human and people’s rights in the country, which are driven by the policies on the drug war and counterinsurgency programs, are fuelling the climate of impunity that is so stark during the first …

Prevailing impunity, continuing human rights violations on Marcos Jr.’s first 100 days in office Read More »

Human rights group Karapatan renewed its call for the abolition of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), as the task force commended its former spokesperson Lorraine Badoy-Partosa after she had been widely criticized by lawyers’ groups and individuals over her red-tagging and reported threats of Judge Marlo Magdoza-Malagar. The group …

Abolish NTF-ELCAC, hold Badoy-Partosa accountable for crimes Read More »

With the appointment of a new Chairperson and a commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights, Karapatan calls on the new appointees to uphold the Commission’s mandate and expectations for independence, probity, integrity, and transparency to conduct investigations on human rights violations against poor and disadvantaged sectors and provide prompt, responsive, accessible and excellent public …

On the recent appointments at the Commission on Human Rights Read More »

Human rights alliance Karapatan hailed a Manila court’s ruling on the petition by the Department of Justice to proscribe the CPP-NPA a terrorist organization, saying it is a victory against “State terrorism and intolerance to political dissent.” Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said “the 135-page ruling by Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 19 Judge Marlo …

Karapatan welcomes recent Manila court decision on proscription case vs CPP-NPA Read More »

As expected, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s speech before the United Nations General Assembly in New York yesterday, September 21, was nothing but another lame attempt to resurrect his family’s tarnished name in the eyes of the international community. To stand before the world on the 50th anniversary of his father’s formal declaration of martial rule …

MARCOS’ LAME ATTEMPTS TO WHITEWASH GOVERNMENT LIES ARE FUTILE Read More »

As various groups and communities in the Philippines and abroad mark the 50th year after the declaration of Marcos Sr.’s martial law with protests, Karapatan scored the dictator’s son Ferdinand Marcos Jr. over his recent speech at the UN General Assembly, calling it a “grand show of hypocrisy.” “Marcos Jr. used the world stage at …

Marcos Jr.’s speech at UNGA on 50th year after martial law reeks of hypocrisy, glosses over HR violations and impunity in PH Read More »