Media Release Type: Press release

Highest tribute to Ka Louie Jalandoni, the quintessential human rights defender

KARAPATAN salutes Luis “Ka Louie” Jalandoni, who formerly chaired the Negotiating Panel of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in the peace talks with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP). Ka Louie died in The Netherlands on June 7, 2025 at the age of 90. KARAPATAN extends its deepest condolences …

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KARAPATAN: Nothing to celebrate with Marcos Jr.’s drug war campaign

“From paramihan ng patay to paramihan ng aresto? There’s nothing to celebrate about the latter policy that does not solve the root causes of the illegal drugs problem, and even aggravates it by opening the gates to further rights violations against the people, especially the poor.” Thus said rights group KARAPATAN, after the orders of …

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KARAPATAN lauds recent court wins vs State security forces, NTF-ELCAC

KARAPATAN welcomed the recent wins of activists against trumped up charges by State security forces and the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), as it renewed calls to “abolish the notorious government entity that has endangered lives and freedoms since its establishment.” Yesterday, June 5, 2025, abduction survivors and young environmental …

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Rights groups laud election of Edita Burgos as head of int’l coalition vs enforced disappearances

Human rights alliance Karapatan, and organization of families of victims of enforced disappearances, Desaparecidos, warmly congratulate Dr. Edita Burgos, D.D., for being elected as president of the International Coalition Against Enforced Disappearances, a global network of organizations and individuals working to put an end to enforced disappearances. Among ICAED’s members are organizations of families of …

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Young human rights defender to Kitty Duterte: Your father is a butcher, not a victim

“Berdugo ang tatay mo, hindi biktima (Your father is a butcher, not a victim).” KARAPATAN lambasted Veronica “Kitty” Duterte for portraying her father as a victim despite the fact that he was responsible for the misery of tens of thousands of people under his war on drugs and his brutal counter-insurgency war. “We all know …

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No to another term for Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa and Christopher “Bong” Go -SELDA

The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners, is resolutely against another Senate term for Duterte minions Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa and Christopher “Bong” Go. Bato dela Rosa and Bong Go have toadied to their master Rodrigo Duterte for decades, publicly supporting his repressive policies that have …

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Año, NTF-ELCAC are advancing the State’s terrorist agenda

Claiming that the armed insurgency is nearing defeat, National Security Adviser and NTF-ELCAC vice chair Eduardo Año has broadcast his agency’s intentions to inflict the final blow by escalating the persecution of what they view as the legal infrastructure of the armed revolution. Año made these pronouncements in an article entitled “An Insurgency-Free Philippines is …

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