On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Uprising this 25th of February 2026, the Filipino people mark the ouster of the Marcos Sr. dictatorship, infamous both for fascist tyranny and for being a kleptocracy. The Marcos Sr. regime notoriously earned a Guinness World Record for “the greatest robbery of a …
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KARAPATAN human rights alliance urges the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to confirm the charges of murder and attempted murder against Rodrigo Duterte so that the proceedings could soon move on to the trial stage. Duterte’s defense team has been filing motion after motion, all designed to delay and derail the …
KARAPATAN human rights alliance assailed the court’s denial of bail to community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and development worker Marielle Domequil. Frenchie Mae and Marielle were arrested with three others—human rights worker Alexander Philip Abinguna, Bayan Muna-Eastern Visayas staff Mira Legion and People Surge spokesperson Marissa Cabaljao—on February 7, 2020, in Tacloban City. Their arrest …
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Human rights alliance KARAPATAN and alternative media groups marked the sixth year since the arrest and detention of the five activists in Tacloban City, in a protest in front of the Department of Justice as they denounced the continued detention of community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and humanitarian worker Marielle Domequil, who were unjustly convicted …
The delusional tirades of 2nd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army spokesperson Col. Michael Aquino — citing KARAPATAN, Migrante, and other organizations that called for the release of Chantal Anicoche — are pure hogwash and are clearly meant to fuel the State’s ongoing campaign of red- and terror-tagging against human rights defenders. These are unadulterated …
KARAPATAN human rights alliance has questioned why former Southern Luzon Command chief and ex-National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson Antonio Parlade was given access to Fil-American activist Chantal Anicoche while she was in military custody. “In what capacity was Parlade allowed to speak with Chantal?” asked KARAPATAN national council member …
Filipino-American activist Chantal Anicoche reportedly departed on January 29, 2026, for the United States, according to press releases by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and the 2nd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army, who had Anicoche in custody for at least 22 days. Anicoche was allegedly found by military …
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KARAPATAN joined a picket in support of anti-corruption protesters who have been slapped with a slew of trumped-up charges by the Department of Justice (DOJ) as they submitted their counter-affidavits to the DOJ today, January 29, 2026. According to data gathered by Karapatan, at least 72 persons have been charged with sedition and inciting to …
KARAPATAN condemned the spate of incidents, including the attempted abduction of a staff of the Negros-based Paghidaet sa Kauswagan Development Group (PDG) and the issuance of death threats against its lawyer. The rights group called on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to conduct a full investigation into these renewed attacks against the development workers …
KARAPATAN welcomes the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Pretrial Chamber finding Rodrigo Duterte fit to participate in pre-trial proceedings. The ruling rejected a motion from Duterte’s defense lawyers for an indefinite adjournment of the proceedings on claims that their client had cognitive deficits that would prevent him from meaningfully participating in his trial. …
