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KARAPATAN welcomes Baguio city council’s passage of ordinance on human rights defenders

KARAPATAN welcomed the Baguio City Council’s passage of an ordinance protecting human rights defenders. The ordinance includes provisions against red-tagging and political vilification, and provides victims legal recourse and access to remedies. The ordinance, which was passed despite objections from the AFP and PNP, and harassment from the National Task Force to End Local Communist …

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SELDA: Free All Political Prisoners Now!

The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners in the Philippines, stands in solidarity with the International League of Peoples’ Struggles (ILPS) and oppressed peoples worldwide in commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War on December 3, 2024. Together with ILPS …

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Desaparecidos renews call to surface Dexter Capuyan, Bazoo de Jesus

Desaparecidos welcomes the Supreme Court resolution granting a temporary protection order for the families of missing activists Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz Jamil “Bazoo” de Jesus. In an en banc resolution dated September 9, 2024 but made public only on November 22, 2024, the Supreme Court prohibited public respondents PNP chief Benjamin C. Acorda Jr., …

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Rights group denounces terror cases vs Ilocano dev’t workers

KARAPATAN throws its full support behind development workers from Ilocos who are the latest victims of the state’s weaponization of anti-terror legislation. Petronila Guzman and Lenville Salvador, board members of Kaduami (Katinnulong Daguiti Umili ti Amianan), and Myrna Zapanta, a lay worker and member of the secretariat of the Ilocos Regional Ecumenical Council (IREC), received …

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Pahayag ng Hustisya sa ika-4 na taon matapos ang pagpaslang kay Zara Alvarez

Mariing kinukundina ng Hustisya, organisasyon ng mga kaanak ng biktima ng extrajudicial killings at iba pang paglabag sa karapatang pantao, ang kasalukuyang rehimen ni Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sa kawalan nito ng aksyon para seryoso at lubusang panagutin si Rodrigo Duterte sa malawakang pamamaslang at paglabag sa karapatang pantao sa panahon ng panunungkulan nito bilang pangulo …

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KARAPATAN denounces NTF-ELCAC’s pre-election harassment of Maza, progressive candidates

Karapatan denounced attempts by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in cahoots with the Philippine National Police to derail Makabayan senatorial candidate Liza Maza’s formal announcement of her electoral bid. Maza was scheduled to announce her candidacy before Makabayan constituents and other residents of vote-rich Caloocan City but was denied …

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KARAPATAN denounces arrest of former human rights worker In Southern Mindanao

KARAPATAN condemns the arrest last August 13, 2024 of the former secretary general of its Southern Mindanao chapter, Jayvee “Jay” Apiag. Apiag was arrested in Digos City and is currently being held at the Buhangin Police Station in Davao City. Apiag is reportedly facing six trumped-up cases — four for attempted murder in the cities …

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