Karapatan strongly deplores the brutal killing by operating troops of the Philippine Army 2nd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army of Rey Belan, a 17-year-old farmer from Barangay Calabad, Dimasalang, Masbate, and the subsequent attempt by the soldiers to cover up their evil deed by falsely claiming that Belan was an NPA member killed in …
Karapatan decries killing of teen farmer in Masbate Read More »
The NTF-ELCAC’s minions have threatened to file charges against those who condemned the massacre of the Fausto family in Himamaylan, Negros Occidentall and called on authorities to arrest members of progressive groups out to conduct a fact-finding mission. Such threats and intimidation are obviously frantic attempts to prevent the fact-finding mission from exposing the sordid …
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On the occasion of World Refugee Day this June 20, Karapatan calls attention to the plight of the thousands of internal refugees in the Philippines displaced by the military’s incessant counter-insurgency campaigns in the countryside. Although they remain within the country’s borders, internally displaced persons (IDP) nonetheless suffer virtually the same physical and economic dislocation …
On World Refugee Day, Karapatan demands the pull-out of AFP in communities in PH Read More »
Human rights alliance Karapatan today called on the Commission on Human Rights to immediately conduct an independent investigation into the gruesome massacre of four members of the Fausto family in Sitio Kangkiling, Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, on June 14, 2023. Negros-based human rights groups and media have confirmed the killing of peasant activists …
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has seemingly scraped the bottom of the proverbial barrel with his two newest appointees to his Cabinet — Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro and Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa. During Teodoro’s stint as Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s defense secretary from August 2007 to October 2009, Karapatan documented 181 extrajudicial killings, 24 enforced disappearances, 20 cases of …
If there is anything that recent abduction cases prove, it is the existence of secret prisons maintained by State forces, in violation of Republic Act 10353 or the Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2012. On August 20, 2022, Cordilleran activist Stephen “Steve” Tauli was abducted outside the office of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) …
Karapatan strongly condemns the continuing violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) perpetrated by State agents against civilians and hors de combat. In Bohol, National Democratic Front of the Philippines consultant Manuel “Ka Dodie” Tinio was shot seven times after he was arrested on April 14, 2023, while driving a motorcycle between San Miguel City and …
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As we commemorate the International Week of the Disappeared (IWD), we join hands and hearts to remember the victims of one of the most inhumane crimes ever committed against humanity: enforced disappearance. This solemn occasion serves as a stark reminder of the countless lives that have been shattered, families torn apart, and communities left in …
As the world observes the International Week of the Disappeared this last week of May 2023, we remember the countless victims of this grave injustice who have been arrested, detained, abducted, or forcibly deprived of liberty through other means, often by state agents or state-sanctioned entities. The victims are not surfaced, thus leaving families in …
Karapatan Statement on the International Week of the Disappeared Read More »
Karapatan welcomes the long overdue decision of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities in Kidapawan City to dismiss the criminal case of direct assault on persons in authority filed in April 2016 against 43 farmers, who sought urgent food aid amid government’s lack of a comprehensive response to the damage, hunger and disaster wrought by …
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