KARAPATAN renewed its call to abolish the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), as the agency marked its seventh year of existence. “Instead of allocating billions of pesos to this nefarious State terror machine,” said KARAPATAN secretary general Cristina Palabay, “the Filipino people would be better served if such funds were …
On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, KARAPATAN and the Samahan ng nga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners, renewed their demands for the release of all political prisoners. In a protest action at the Department of Justice (DOJ), KARAPATAN deputy secretary general …
KARAPATAN salutes the Filipino people who marched on the streets on November 30, 2025, and calls on the Filipino people to once more take to the streets in their numbers on December 10th, International Human Rights Day, to demand accountability from the Marcos Jr. regime not just for systemic corruption but for grave civil and …
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KARAPATAN scored acting Schools Division Supt. Nerissa Lomeda for trying to foist puppet teachers’ associations to replace the Manila Public School Teachers’ Association (MPSTA) and threatening NCR teachers with administrative cases. The twin threats were attempts to derail in Manila a Metro Manila-wide teachers’ sit-down strike against corruption today, November 28, 2025. The sit-down strike …
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Today, the 28th of November, HUSTISYA (Victims United for Justice) marks the eighth anniversary of the ambush-killing of human rights worker Elisa Badayos. At the time of her killing in 2017, Badayos was the regional coordinator of KARAPATAN in the Visayas. She was leading a 30-strong fact-finding mission in Bayawan, Negros Oriental to investigate reports …
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The Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners since Marcos Sr.’s martial law, and human rights alliance Karapatan held a protest action in front of the Office of the Ombudsman on November 26, 2025 to demand immediate and complete accountability for massive corruption in government. “No …
KARAPATAN called the deployment of more than 15,000 police personnel for the November 30 rallies in Manila an “overkill” and warned against the use of violence and disproportionate force against rally participants, which the police inflicted on protesters and bystanders during the September 21 protests. “We warn against any form of repression from the Philippine …
KARAPATAN and HUSTISYA (Victims United for Justice) marked the fifth anniversary of the brutal killing of National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultants Agaton Topacio and Eugenia Magpantay today, November 25, 2025. The couple, both 68 years old at the time, were gunned down in the early morning of November 25, 2020 in their …
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HUSTISYA (Victims United for Justice) expressed its full solidarity with environmental defender Francisco “Eco” Dangla as he filed a manifestation with the Supreme Court, after the Court of Appeals (CA) denied his petitions for writs of amparo and habeas data. A writ of amparo protects the rights to life, liberty and security against extrajudicial killings …
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KARAPATAN expressed grave concern over the safety and security of civilians amid recent reports of intensified military operations by the Armed Forces of the Philippines in hinterland areas of Samar and Kalinga, as the human rights alliance reiterated its call for the military to pull out from rural communities. In Gandara, Samar, up to 29 …
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