Media Release Type: Press release

Karapatan called on the public to reject senatorial candidates who have been rabidly advancing the self-serving and corrupt interests of the Marcos and Duterte cliques and elect progressive candidates and partylist groups with proven track records of standing for the people’s democratic interests. The human rights alliance viewed with alarm recent survey results showing that …

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KARAPATAN is in solidarity with Filipino journalists and media workers as they mark World Press Freedom Day today, the 3rd of May 2025. Filipino media workers and journalists continue to be under attack by State forces, with the latest cases involving the weaponization of laws against media practitioners. Tacloban City-based community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio …

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KARAPATAN strongly condemns the filing of trumped-up cases of financing terrorism against six prominent Cagayan Valley activists. Slapped with bogus charges of violating Republic Act No. 10168 or the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012 are Jackie Valencia, former Karapatan national council member; Isabelo Adviento, regional coordinator and former 4th nominee of Anakpawis …

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KARAPATAN joins various sectors in renewing calls to convict Rodrigo Duterte for crimes against humanity and hold him accountable for his other evil acts against the Filipino people. We likewise hold Ferdinand Marcos Jr. accountable for his own transgressions against the people, many of them arising from his perpetuation of Duterte’s fascist policies. Duterte is …

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KARAPATAN slammed Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for his persistent refusal to abolish the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), saying he was “encouraged by the reports.” KARAPATAN secretary general Cristina Palabay exclaimed, “Reports? Does he mean reports that there were 119 extrajudicial killings, 76 frustrated extrajudicial killings, 14 enforced disappearances, 762 political …

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KARAPATAN is in solidarity with the delegation of peasant organizations from Central Luzon who will be trooping to the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) today, March 26, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. to air their grievances and seek redress about the violations of their rights. Ranging from their right to association, freedom of opinion and expression …

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The Filipino people are suffering from severe human rights violations and breaches of international humanitarian law (IHL) as the Marcos Jr. regime aims to eliminate the Communist Party of the Philippines by the end of 2024. In rural areas, a state of virtual martial law prevails, with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) imposing …

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KARAPATAN, a national alliance of human rights organizations and individuals in the Philippines, condemns the Trump regime’s continuing assault on migrants in the United States, with the latest wave including Lawful Permanent residents or green card holders. Migrante and Bayan USA recently denounced the arrest and detention of Lewelyn Dixon, 64, a Filipino migrant worker …

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KARAPATAN joined indigenous peoples rights activists in calling for the release of Lumad leader Michelle Campos and three others arrested on March 5, 2025. Campos and her companions Aldren Baguio, Jun Rey Misoles and Rovelyn Acevido were arrested in Barangay Das-agan, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur and are currently being held under heavy military guard …

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