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The Philippine UPR Watch, a network of faith-based and human rights organizations engaging with the UN Human Rights Council, said that the National Task Force to End the Local Communist Armed Conflict’s (NTF-ELCAC) official statement on the report of Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion Irene Khan is replete with lies. “The NTF-ELCAC’s …

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Karapatan condemned the US bombardment of three nuclear sites in Iran on June 22, 2025, in an ill-disguised move to trigger regime change in the staunchly anti-imperialist country. “US claims of preventing Iran from manufacturing nuclear weapons fall flat in the face of an assessment by US Pres. Donald Trump’s own intelligence chief that Iran …

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Eight individuals collectively referred to as the Bunawan 8, were arrested on June 13, 2025 in Bunawan, Agusan del Sur by elements of the 66th and 67th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army, and elements of the Bunawan Municipal Police. They were on board two vehicles traveling from Monkayo, Davao de Oro when they were …

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Rights group KARAPATAN called anew for the release of three detained activists in Tacloban City after the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression cited their cases as “emblematic of a wider pattern in cases involving red-tagging.” “We demand that the Marcos Jr. government immediately take action to release KARAPATAN human rights worker Alexander …

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KARAPATAN condemned the arrest of five peasants and fisherfolk who resisted the violent demolition of more than 100 houses in their community in Barangay Taltal in Masinloc, Zambales, June 19. The demolition crew, composed of 50 police elements of Masinloc Municipal Police Station and led by a local sheriff, was sent at the behest of …

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“While efforts to create a diligent and science-based system in the investigation of extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations are important, let us not lose sight of the fact that for years, the justice system itself has failed the victims of such crimes. In the context of continuing killings and impunity under Marcos Jr., …

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Karapatan condemned the harassment of relatives of victims of the Bloody Sunday Massacre, who reported that they received unwanted calls and visits from state agents pressuring them against filing cases against the assailants or to withdraw any cases they have already filed. The Bloody Sunday massacre was a region-wide dragnet on March 7, 2021 where …

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GENEVA – A delegation of Filipino human rights defenders will amplify the victims’ fight for justice amid the recent petition filed by former President Rodrigo Duterte for interim release and the continuing violations on human rights and international humanitarian law under the Marcos Jr. administration. Under the banner of the Philippine UPR Watch, representatives of …

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Human rights alliance KARAPATAN vehemently opposes all machinations by Rodrigo Duterte to evade accountability for his crimes, including a motion for interim release filed by his lawyer at the International Criminal Court’s Pre-Trial Chamber. The motion, which was not opposed by the prosecution, calls for Duterte’s transfer to an undisclosed country. This is special treatment …

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KARAPATAN denounces the deliberate lethal inaction of the Marcos Jr.-dominated House of Representatives and Senate on the daily minimum wage hike proposals for workers, it joins labor rights advocates and other sectors in pressing for PhP1,200 family living wage (FLW). The non-convening of the bicameral committee on the HOR and Senate proposals to advance the …

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