Media Release Type: Press release

KARAPATAN strongly condemns the filing of trumped-up cases of financing terrorism against six prominent Cagayan Valley activists. Slapped with bogus charges of violating Republic Act No. 10168 or the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012 are Jackie Valencia, former Karapatan national council member; Isabelo Adviento, regional coordinator and former 4th nominee of Anakpawis …

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KARAPATAN joins various sectors in renewing calls to convict Rodrigo Duterte for crimes against humanity and hold him accountable for his other evil acts against the Filipino people. We likewise hold Ferdinand Marcos Jr. accountable for his own transgressions against the people, many of them arising from his perpetuation of Duterte’s fascist policies. Duterte is …

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KARAPATAN slammed Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for his persistent refusal to abolish the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), saying he was “encouraged by the reports.” KARAPATAN secretary general Cristina Palabay exclaimed, “Reports? Does he mean reports that there were 119 extrajudicial killings, 76 frustrated extrajudicial killings, 14 enforced disappearances, 762 political …

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KARAPATAN is in solidarity with the delegation of peasant organizations from Central Luzon who will be trooping to the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) today, March 26, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. to air their grievances and seek redress about the violations of their rights. Ranging from their right to association, freedom of opinion and expression …

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The Filipino people are suffering from severe human rights violations and breaches of international humanitarian law (IHL) as the Marcos Jr. regime aims to eliminate the Communist Party of the Philippines by the end of 2024. In rural areas, a state of virtual martial law prevails, with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) imposing …

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KARAPATAN, a national alliance of human rights organizations and individuals in the Philippines, condemns the Trump regime’s continuing assault on migrants in the United States, with the latest wave including Lawful Permanent residents or green card holders. Migrante and Bayan USA recently denounced the arrest and detention of Lewelyn Dixon, 64, a Filipino migrant worker …

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KARAPATAN joined indigenous peoples rights activists in calling for the release of Lumad leader Michelle Campos and three others arrested on March 5, 2025. Campos and her companions Aldren Baguio, Jun Rey Misoles and Rovelyn Acevido were arrested in Barangay Das-agan, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur and are currently being held under heavy military guard …

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Today, March 17, 2025 marks the sixth year of Rodrigo Duterte’s withdrawal from the Rome Statute which created the International Criminal Court (ICC). Duterte’s self-serving decision to withdraw from the Rome Statute was an attempt to escape accountability in the face of the ICC’s initiation of investigations into the mass killings of drug suspects. Duterte’s …

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The world is getting smaller for police officers known to have been involved in the Duterte regime’s bloody war on drugs. The Immigration Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada has rejected the application for permanent residence of Jose Ahuday, a former element of the Philippine National Police (PNP) assigned to the Drug …

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