Media Release Type: Press release

KARAPATAN: No to police brutality in anti-corruption and other protests

Karapatan human rights alliance took exception to statements by acting police chief Lt. Gen. Melencio Nartatez Jr. contrasting the “peaceful” Iglesia ni Cristo protest from November 16 to 17 to the “violent” anti-corruption protests of September 21. “The killing of two individuals and the arbitrary arrest, detention and torture of 216 others, including 91 minors, …

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Rights group denounce recent attacks against land rights defenders in typhoon-affected communities

Human rights alliance Karapatan decried the recent wave of attacks against land rights defenders in Negros Occidental and Cagayan Valley, provinces which were impacted by typhoons Tino and Uwan. Karapatan’s chapters reported the arbitrary arrest of peasant organizer Stalin Valencia in Cagayan Valley and the killing of Joan Escuadro, a member of the Asosasyon sang …

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Kin of disappeared decries police incompetence, lack of resolve in investigation on James Jazmines’ abduction

Today, November 14, 2025 marks one year to the day Corazon Jazmines, wife of missing activist James Jazmines, filed a petition for writs of amparo and habeas data before the Supreme Court, but she and her family have yet to see a glimmer of the justice and accountability they seek. It took around nine months …

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SELDA: Hands off Adora Faye de Vera!

The Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) condemns in the strongest terms the harassment of former political prisoner Adora Faye de Vera, charging that the state should instead train its guns on corrupt bureaucrats. The 69-year old De Vera, a prolific writer, poet and researcher, reported to SELDA that she was …

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No Tears for Enrile: The Architect and Enabler of Martial Law Repression and Corruption

The Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners since Marcos Sr. martial law, has no tears to shed for the passing of Juan Ponce Enrile. For thousands of victims of the Marcos dictatorship, Enrile will forever be remembered neither as a patriot nor a statesman, but …

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Rights group scores violent, unjust reprisals vs Negros detainees

The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners, vehemently condemns the “violent and unjust acts of reprisal being unleashed” by Warden Crisyrel Awe against detainees in the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Bago City and called on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to look into …

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Court denies political prisoner’s furlough to attend mother’s funeral, cites security risks

The Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 7 in Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur has denied an urgent motion for furlough filed by political prisoner and peasant organizer Virgie Valdez, who sought temporary leave to attend her mother’s wake and burial. The court’s decision upheld the opposition from the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), …

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KARAPATAN: No obstruction, no compromise on Bato’s arrest — justice long overdue for victims

Calling it “way long overdue,” human rights alliance Karapatan said there should be no obstruction and no compromise in the implementation of the warrant of arrest of Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa by the International Criminal Court (ICC), to ensure that long-delayed justice is finally served to the victims of the Duterte administration’s war on …

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Denial of rights worker’s court motion, a blatant denial of right to due process

Human rights alliance KARAPATAN denounced the decision of the Regional Trial Court Branch 21 in Laoang, Northern Samar, which denied the motion to quash filed by political prisoner and KARAPATAN National Council member Alexander Philip “Chakoy” Abinguña, even as it granted the same motion of journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio due to an invalid arrest. “The …

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Former political prisoners, rights groups urge probe into rights violations vs “persons deprived of liberty” in Negros Occidental Jail

The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), and organization of former political prisoners, together with KARAPATAN and other human rights advocates, held a protest action today, November 6, 2025, in front of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology National Headquarters in Quezon City to demand an immediate and independent investigation into …

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