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Rights group raises alarm on possible coercion of abducted community organizer

Human rights alliance KARAPATAN expressed alarm over the possibility that former University of the Philippines student leader and community organizer Faye Tallow, who was arrested without warrant in Camarines Norte on September 4, 2025, is being subjected to intense coercion by her military and police captors. KARAPATAN earlier had issued a press statement demanding that …

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Rights groups: SC reversal of conviction of killer of Willem Geertman may be a prelude to acquittals of other EJK perpetrators

KARAPATAN and Hustisya, an organization of families and friends of victims of extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations, condemn the reversal by the Supreme Court of the conviction of Marvin Nuguid for the extrajudicial killing of Dutch activist Wilhelm Geertman on July 3, 2012, saying it may be a precursor of reversals of the …

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KARAPATAN decries “wheelchair justice” as desperate, insidious ploy of Rodrigo Duterte

KARAPATAN assailed the camp of Rodrigo Duterte for once more playing the victim card. In reaction to a statement by Duterte’s lead counsel that detention has taken a toll on the former dictator’s health, Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said, “We decry this ‘wheelchair justice’ being conveniently resorted to by Duterte and many other corrupt …

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KARAPATAN on the termination of the Office of the President’s budget hearing at the House of Reps

In less than one hour, the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations terminated today’s hearing on the proposed budget of the Office of the President, despite the manifestations of members of the opposition led by the Makabayan representatives and citing “parliamentary courtesy.” We denounce this blatant disregard of transparency and accountability procedures in the name …

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Desaparecidos Hails Alipato at Muog for Nomination at the 2025 Gawad Urian

Desaparecidos, an organization of families of the disappeared, proudly congratulates Alipato at Muog for its multiple nominations at the 48th Gawad Urian Awards. The film is nominated for Best Film, Best Direction, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, and Best Production Design. “We congratulate our chairperson, director JL Burgos—brother of Jonas—in yet another recognition that …

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KARAPATAN scores Malacañang, Manila mayor on threats vs anti-corruption protesters

“Are Malacañang and local officials afraid that the anti-corruption protests will eventually lead to their doorsteps?” Human rights alliance KARAPATAN asked this as presidential spokesperson Claire Castro sought to quelch public outrage over explosive exposés of bureaucratic corruption by repeating claims made by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) that …

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KARAPATAN: AMLC focused on repressing people’s organizations, NGOs instead of going after corrupt gov’t officials, contractors

KARAPATAN assailed the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) for being fixated on filing trumped-up terrorism financing charges and civil forfeiture cases against people’s organization, faith-based institutions and development NGOs, when it should be training its guns on high-ranking government officials and contractors of big-ticket infrastructure projects who are now the subjects of ongoing investigations on bureaucratic …

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KARAPATAN hits NTF-ELCAC’s sinister tactics to deflect public, youth outrage vs corruption

KARAPATAN assailed the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) for deflecting public outrage at revelations of large-scale bureaucratic corruption by warning that the “corruption of the Filipino mind” is the most dangerous form of corruption. Said KARAPATAN National Council member Raoul Manuel, “In effect, the NTF-ELCAC is dissuading the youth from …

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