Human rights alliance Karapatan urged the House of Representatives (HOR) to throw its support behind resolutions pending before the body calling on the Marcos Jr. government to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor in his bid to investigate killings related to the anti-drug war during Rodrigo Duterte’s mayoralty terms in Davao City and …
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A barbed wire fence reminiscent of Martial Law materialized at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani as a stark reminder of the dark period in our history that was the US-Marcos regime. “Barbed-wire fences are part of our collective memory of Martial Law that separated the fascist and elitist government from the people who endured imprisonment, …
Karapatan lauds the exit statement of United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Dr. Ian Fry calling for the abolition of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and the repeal of the Anti-Terrorism Law (ATL), among other pertinent climate and human rights issues which he …
“We gather on November 2 of every year, not in mourning, but with the undying hope that one day, we will not have to light candles and offer flowers in the absence of our loved ones, because this day will cease to become a day to remember the disappeared, but become a day of justice.” …
Photo by Jam Sta. Rosa/Agence France-Presse October 29, 2023 A month after surfaced environmental defenders Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro filed a petition for the writs of amparo and habeas data, human rights alliance Karapatan renewed its call for the Supreme Court to grant the petition at the soonest possible time. “We seriously hope that …
Photo by Jam Sta. Rosa/Agence France-Presse October 24, 2023 Human rights alliance Karapatan decried the filing of perjury raps against environmental activists Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro by the commanding officer of the 70th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army, Ronnel dela Cruz, after the two sought protective writs from the Supreme Court against the …
Photo from Teddy Casiño October 24, 2023 Human rights alliance Karapatan expressed its “full support” for ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro in filing a complaint of grave threats against former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte at the Prosecutor’s Office in Quezon City. In an interview at the Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI) last week, Duterte had …
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Photo from the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers October 23, 2023 Lawyers for brothers Raymond and Reynaldo Manalo are set to file a motion for reconsideration today, October 23, 2023, before the Malolos Regional Trial Court Branch Branch 19, hoping that the court’s acquittal of former Maj. Gen. Jovito “The Butcher” Palparan and his five …
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Photo by Lucky Dela Rosa/Philippine Collegian October 20, 2023 Human rights alliance Karapatan condemned what it called a “disturbing pattern of extrajudicial killings, arrest and harassment” committed by the Philippine military and the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in various parts of the country. Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay cited …
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Photo by Kilusang Mayo Uno October 16, 2023 More than two weeks after the killing of labor organizer Jude Thaddeus Fernandez, rights alliance Karapatan demanded that video footages from the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) operatives’ body-worn cameras in its September 29, 2023 operation be produced and released. “We call on independent …
