Human rights alliance Karapatan raised alarm over reports of military occupation of barangays in Manila and Batangas. Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said, “We received reports that in Barangay 105, Tondo, also known as “Happyland,” some 90 to 100 soldiers allegedly from the 11th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army arrived on March 9, 2023 …
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”Only human rights violators and the NTF-ELCAC are afraid of the Human Rights Defenders Bill.” Rights group Karapatan said this in reaction to statements made on Monday, March 13, 2023, by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) opposing House Bill 77, or the Human Rights Defenders Bill. HB 77 was …
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Human rights alliance Karapatan slammed a fabricated surrender ceremony yesterday at 1K2 Kasiglahan Village, Rodriguez where close to 400 local residents were deceived and coerced into signing a surrender form by elements of the 80th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army. Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said they received reports from Karapatan-Rizal and Citizens Rights …
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Human rights alliance Karapatan assailed the fevered rush by members of the House of Representatives to pass a resolution that will effect charter change by 2024. With a vote of 301-6-1, the House of has just passed Resolution of Both Houses No. 6 that will railroad amendments to the economic provisions of the 1987 constitution. …
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The Philippine government must stop playing the so-called “sovereignty” card in its orchestrated effort to shield former President Rodrigo Duterte and other government officials from accountability for the thousands of deaths in connection with its so-called anti-drug war from 2016 onwards. In his latest appearance before the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland …
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Karapatan threw its support behind San Carlos Bishop Gerardo Alminaza after he and other church people were red-tagged during the SMNI television program “Laban Kasama ang Bayan.” Branding him a “mouthpiece of the CPP,” Alminaza was criticized for calling for the resumption of the formal peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front …
PANAGLAGIP is an anthology of narratives, articles, poems, artwork and testimonies of activists and ordinary people who fought against Marcos Martial Law in Northern Luzon. It includes eye-witness accounts and testimonies of direct experiences with the cruelty of Marcos Martial Law which are, ultimately, stories of struggle and survival of ordinary people who fought against …
Human rights alliance Karapatan called on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to look into the reported abduction of a consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). The group also asked the commission and the International Committee on the Red Cross (ICRC) to provide urgent assistance to the missing consultant’s family in …
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Human rights alliance Karapatan scored a bill filed in the Senate that seeks to provide official government roles as well as special privileges to former presidents at the public’s expense. “Senate Bill No. 1784 will benefit three living ex-presidents, all of whom earned infamy for massive corruption, among other scornful acts,” said Karapatan secretary general …
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The infrastructure of impunity and draconian government policies are the main factors in the non-resolution of cases of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines, human rights alliance Karapatan said, as the group commented on the Department of Justice’s statements in relation to the unofficial visit of UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary killings Dr. …
