KARAPATAN condemned the arrests of three development workers in Negros, warning that such arrests lay down the Marcos Jr. government’s continuing policy of filing trumped-up charges of financing terrorism and terror law charges in 2025. Federico Salvilla, Perla Jaleco and Dharyll Albañez, former and current staff workers of Paghidaet sa Kauswagan Development Group Inc. (PDG), …
Rights group KARAPATAN called for greater vigilance in 2025, as the past year ended with a series of violations of human rights and international humanitarian law by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) which belied the posturing of the Marcos Jr. government that his administration has a “better” record …
KARAPATAN decried the continuing judicial harassment by former NTF-ELCAC vice chair Hermogenes Esperon Jr. of its officers as well as those of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) and Gabriela. Esperon, with the NTF-ELCAC’s backing, had filed a trumped-up case of perjury against ten KARAPATAN National Council members, two officers of the RMP and …
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Photo: Cora Jazmines, wife of James Jazmines, distributes flyers in a bus terminal of Bicol-bound buses (Dec 21) QUEZON CITY — “Sana, makasama na sila ng kanilang pamilya ngayong Pasko. Tulungan n’yo po kaming hanapin sila.” With just a few days before Christmas day, families and friends of desaparecidos, together with rights advocates, distributed leaflets …
Tulungan n’yo po kaming mahanap sina James and Felix, ngayong Pasko Read More »
Dear friends, We are sharing a copy of our position paper submitted today to the House of Representatives Committee on Justice during the hearing on House Bill No. 10986. KARAPATAN Public Information Desk ———————————————————— POSITION PAPER ON HOUSE BILL NO. 10986(ANTI-EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING ACT)Submitted by Karapatan Alliance Philippines11 December 2024Committee on Justice of the House of …
KARAPATAN called on the Quad Committee of the House of Representatives to expand the scope of its investigations to include the extrajudicial killings of political activists by Rodrigo Duterte’s death squads. KARAPATAN secretary general Cristina Palabay issued the appeal as the Quadcom prepared to issue its progress report on the results of its ongoing investigation …
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KARAPATAN denounces moves by the Duterte camp seeking the expulsion of ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro from the House of Representatives on the basis of a contrived ethics complaint. KARAPATAN views the ethics case against Rep. Castro as a desperate attempt by the Dutertes to deflect public attention from the real issue of Sara …
KARAPATAN: Hands off Teacher France Castro! Impeach Sara Now! Read More »
KARAPATAN welcomed the Baguio City Council’s passage of an ordinance protecting human rights defenders. The ordinance includes provisions against red-tagging and political vilification, and provides victims legal recourse and access to remedies. The ordinance, which was passed despite objections from the AFP and PNP, and harassment from the National Task Force to End Local Communist …
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The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners in the Philippines, stands in solidarity with the International League of Peoples’ Struggles (ILPS) and oppressed peoples worldwide in commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War on December 3, 2024. Together with ILPS …
Desaparecidos welcomes the Supreme Court resolution granting a temporary protection order for the families of missing activists Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz Jamil “Bazoo” de Jesus. In an en banc resolution dated September 9, 2024 but made public only on November 22, 2024, the Supreme Court prohibited public respondents PNP chief Benjamin C. Acorda Jr., …
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