Media Release Type: Press release

Pahayag ng Hustisya sa ika-4 na taon matapos ang pagpaslang kay Zara Alvarez

Mariing kinukundina ng Hustisya, organisasyon ng mga kaanak ng biktima ng extrajudicial killings at iba pang paglabag sa karapatang pantao, ang kasalukuyang rehimen ni Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sa kawalan nito ng aksyon para seryoso at lubusang panagutin si Rodrigo Duterte sa malawakang pamamaslang at paglabag sa karapatang pantao sa panahon ng panunungkulan nito bilang pangulo …

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KARAPATAN denounces NTF-ELCAC’s pre-election harassment of Maza, progressive candidates

Karapatan denounced attempts by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in cahoots with the Philippine National Police to derail Makabayan senatorial candidate Liza Maza’s formal announcement of her electoral bid. Maza was scheduled to announce her candidacy before Makabayan constituents and other residents of vote-rich Caloocan City but was denied …

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KARAPATAN denounces arrest of former human rights worker In Southern Mindanao

KARAPATAN condemns the arrest last August 13, 2024 of the former secretary general of its Southern Mindanao chapter, Jayvee “Jay” Apiag. Apiag was arrested in Digos City and is currently being held at the Buhangin Police Station in Davao City. Apiag is reportedly facing six trumped-up cases — four for attempted murder in the cities …

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Former political prisoners appeal to Congress to hike PDLs’ food, medicine budgets

The Samahan ng Ex-detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners, appealed to ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro, Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Arlene Brosas and Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raoul Manuel to support an increase in the budget allocation for Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) in the 2025 General Appropriations …

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Rights group scores rights, international humanitarian law violations in Negros and Samar

Karapatan condemns the latest reported human rights and international law violations perpetrated by state security forces in Negros Occidental and Northern Samar. In Cauayan, Negros Occidental, elements of the 15th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (IBPA) and the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) abducted and summarily executed 69-year old farmer Ramon Enseniales on …

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Rights group decries illegal arrest of four peasant organizers in Central Luzon

Karapatan condemns the recent illegal arrest, torture and unjust detention of four Central Luzon activists on the evening of July 29, 2024. According to reports from Karapatan-Central Luzon, Ma. Theresa Buscayno, Desiree Jaranilla Patuñ-og, Andres Ely and Oliver Millo, all peasant and community organizers, were aboard a white Toyota Innova van traveling along Jose Abad …

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Pahayag ng Hustisya (Pagkakaisa ng mga Biktima para sa Hustisya) sa pagpanaw ni Kasamang Ernesto Jude Rimando Jr.

Taos-pusong nakikiramay ang Hustisya sa mga kasama, pamilya at kaibigan ni Kasamang Ernesto Jude Rimando Jr. na pumanaw sa sakit na liver cancer sa edad na 58 noong Hulyo 23, 2024. Si Kasamang Jude ay nakulong dahil sa mga gawa-gawang kaso laban sa kanya. Siya ay inaresto noong Enero 6, 2021 sa Payatas, Quezon City …

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Karapatan condemns threats, harassment vs human rights worker

Karapatan decried the multiple incidents of harassment by state agents against a South Cotabato-based protestant pastor serving as the human rights alliance’s coordinator for Socksargen. Pastor Sadrach Sabella of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) Southeast Mindanao Jurisdiction reported that his family had been receiving disturbing texts and calls and unwanted visits …

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Another political prisoner dies in custody, a day after BBM’s SONA

A day after Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivered his grandstanding State of the Nation Address, another political prisoner, Ernesto Jude Rimando, died in custody. “We at the Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) are angered by the deafening silence of Malacañang and the Department of Justice to our call for the immediate release …

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