Media Release Type: Press release

A national fact-finding and solidarity mission (NFSM) composed of more than a hundred human rights workers, Makabayan lawmakers, activists, church workers, youth leaders, and journalists found the Philippine military liable for terrorizing farming communities in Negros Occidental following the bloody massacre in Toboso on April 19. The mission confirms, through witness testimonies, that six of …

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Human rights alliance KARAPATAN condoles with the family of Raul Tolingin, 57, an hors de combat in Bicol, and said that the military should be held accountable for his death while under military custody on May 13, due to complications arising from injuries he sustained in what witnesses and rights advocates described as a “fake …

Military is accountable for the death of hors de combat in Masbate Read More »

The ‘lockdown’ or ‘standoff’ in the Senate last night, however they call it now, is part of the disgusting and sickening turn of events that embodies our revoltingly rotten political system – from the House of Representatives’ impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, to the leadership change in the Senate geared towards supporting Sara in …

KARAPATAN: Arrest mass murderer Bato dela Rosa, Bong Go, other perpetrators of crimes vs humanity Read More »

“Heads must roll over Bato dela Rosa’s escape from the Senate. Accountability does not stop with the senators involved — it extends all the way to the Marcos Jr. and his state forces. They allowed an international fugitive to slip away, making a mockery of the Filipino people’s demand that he be arrested and made …

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Human rights alliance KARAPATAN strongly opposed anew the application of Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert for appointment as Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals or the Court of Tax Appeals, saying her judicial record of abuse and political persecution makes her ever unfit for higher position in the judiciary. “No matter how many times she applies for …

Rights group opposes “warrant factory judge” application to higher judiciary posts anew Read More »

Human rights group KARAPATAN strongly condemned the Philippine Senate’s decision to place Senator Ronald dela Rosa under so-called “custody” following the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s public announcement of an arrest warrant tied to charges arising from the bloody drug war under former president Rodrigo Duterte. “You’re keeping a criminal who killed thousands,” KARAPATAN said, denouncing …

“Don’t coddle a criminal who killed thousands”: Rights group condemns Senate “custody” of Bato, calls for immediate arrest Read More »

KARAPATAN condemned the firing of a Tomahawk missile from the Tacloban City Airport towards a target in Laur, Nueva Ecija, an area 530 kilometers away. Said KARAPATAN secretary general Cristina Palabay, the missile launch from a civilian facility in Leyte towards a civilian community in Nueva Ecija underscores the fact that the entire country now …

KARAPATAN: PH Becoming US Missile Launch Pad Read More »

KARAPATAN welcomes the recently publicized findings and recommendations of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) nationwide public inquiry conducted on red-tagging, which affirmed the widespread, harmful and dangerous consequences of red-tagging on people’s lives, liberty and security, especially those exercising their right to dissent, to expression, assembly and association. Although the inquiry report falls short …

CHR findings on redtagging bolster call for the abolition of NTF-ELCAC, junking of terror laws Read More »

KARAPATAN deplored statements made by Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro objecting to the resumption of the Marcos administration’s peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. “Nowhere in his statements did he mention the need to address the root causes that have been driving the armed conflict in the country,” said KARAPATAN deputy secretary …

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KARAPATAN lambasted a security alert from the US Embassy issued after two American citizens were among 19 persons killed in a military attack in Toboso, Negros Occidental on April 19, 2026, saying it sounded like it was straight out of a red- and terror-tagging playbook. KARAPATAN national council member Raoul Manuel noted that the alert …

KARAPATAN slams US Embassy alert as “Red-Tagging Playbook” following Negros 19 ​massacre Read More »