Karapatan condemns in the strongest terms the arbitrary arrest of elderly Bohol activist Adolfo Salas Sr. The 75-year-old Salas, who was among the founders of Hugpong sa mga Mag-uumang Bol-anon (HUMABOL-KMP) and currently the vice chair of the Alayon sa mga Mag-uuma sa Candijay (AMACAN-HUMABOL-KMP), was arrested today, May 25, 2023, between 1:00 a.m. and …
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Human rights alliance Karapatan condemned the railroading of the Maharlika Investment Fund Bill, with the Senate version involving the use of at least PhP 500 Billion, mainly from public funds through the Land Bank, Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) and other government agencies. …
Human rights alliance Karapatan threw its support behind Kapatid’s renewed campaign for a Writ of Kalayaan aimed at addressing the urgent need to decongest jails and safeguard the lives of vulnerable prisoners, in light of the resurgent threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Kapatid, a support group composed of friends and relatives of political prisoners, …
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Human rights alliance Karapatan slammed the Marcos Jr. regime’s contempt for the Anti-Enforced Disappearance Act of 2012 (Republic Act 10353, also known as the Anti-Desaparecido Law) even as it expressed its utmost concern for the welfare and safety of two activists who had gone missing since the evening of April 28, 2023. Dexter Capuyan and …
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The Executive Order 23 (EO 23)-created inter-agency committee tasked to probe the extrajudicial killings and harassment of workers will simply go the way of other investigative bodies created earlier for similar purposes. It will become nothing more than an elaborate instrument to temporarily mollify the people’s anger and eventually whitewash the State’s responsibility for extrajudicial …
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Karapatan condemns in the strongest terms the growing cases of violations of human rights and international humanitarian law (IHL) where civilians are increasingly being victimized in the Marcos Jr. regime’s brutal counter-insurgency war. The latest case that has come to our attention is the killing of two civilians in Barangay Sangay, Palapag, Northern Samar. According …
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Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s recent publicly expressed views citing “abuses by certain elements in the government” in the previous administration’s anti-drug campaign and “some concerns” on the human rights situation in the Philippines during the Duterte administration betray his doubletalk in addressing persistent questions on justice and accountability of the previous administration. Out of the thousands …
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On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, Karapatan renews its call for a stop to continuing threats and attacks against the right to press freedom and free expression. The right to free expression is enshrined in the Philippine Bill of Rights as well as in Article 19 of the 1948 Universal …
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Human rights alliance Karapatan condemned the killing last April 25, 2023 of Alex Dolorosa, a fulltime union organizer and paralegal officer of the BPO Employees Network (BIEN). He was also an LGBTQ activist under Be GLad (BPO Employees, Gay, Lesbians and Allies for Genuine Acceptance and Democracy). Dolorosa was found dead in Barangay Alijis, Bacolod …
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Human rights alliance Karapatan condemned the brutal killing of Benito Tiamzon, peacetalks panel member of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, NDFP peace consultant Wilma Austria-Tiamzon, and eight companions. The Tiamzons’ death along with eight others on August 21, 2022 was confirmed in a special issue of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) …
