Human rights alliance Karapatan condemned the arbitrary arrest on Monday, February 6, 2023, of University of the Philippines Diliman professor Dr. Melania Flores. The group urged that the appropriate charges be filed against members and officials of the Quezon City Police District and the QC Office of the City Prosecutor on their questionable arrest procedures …
Karapatan condemns arbitrary arrest of UP professor Read More »
Human rights alliance Karapatan expressed support for the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP), as the missionary group faces another hearing of a civil forfeiture case filed by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) at the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 37 today, February 8, 2023. Karapatan joined calls by various faith-based and human rights organizations …
Human rights alliance Karapatan called on the Commission on Human Rights to investigate reports on alleged violations on human rights and international humanitarian law inflicted on civilians by units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in recent counter-insurgency operations in Surigao del Sur and Cagayan province. Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay cited reports that …
Karapatan to CHR: Investigate reports on AFP’s IHL violations in Surigao, Cagayan Read More »
Human rights alliance Karapatan condemned the violent dispersal by the Philippine National Police (PNP) last February 3, 2023 of a barricade set up by residents of Sibuyan Island in Romblon against the operations of Altai Philippines Mining Corporation (APMC). Residents led by Sibuyanons Against Mining have been manning their barricade since January 26 to stop …
Human rights alliance Karapatan assailed the visit to the Philippines of US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III, saying nothing good could possibly result from the country’s dealings with a man whose career and fortune were built on the deaths and destruction resulting from US-driven wars of aggression. Austin is in the country to facilitate the …
Nothing good can come out of visit of US’ war profiteer defense secretary—Karapatan Read More »
Human rights alliance Karapatan condemned the series of threats and harassment of members of a humanitarian mission that assists families of alleged members of the New People’s Army who were slain in an encounter with the 85th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army in San Francisco, Quezon province. The 16-member humanitarian mission travelled on Monday to San …
Human rights alliance Karapatan renewed calls for the release of an NDFP consultant, his wife, and their companion whose trumped-up case for illegal possession of firearms and explosives is scheduled for promulgation on February 27, 2023. Frank Fernandez, his wife Cleofe Lagtapon and their companion Ge-Ann Perez were arrested at around 12:30 a.m. on March …
Human rights alliance Karapatan condemned the Anti-Terrorism Council’s (ATC) designation of Dr. Natividad “Doc Naty” Castro, a community health worker and a former human rights worker of Karapatan, as a “terrorist individual.” In a resolution dated December 7, 2022, but released to the public only yesterday, January 30, 2023, the ATC claimed there was probable …
Human rights alliance Karapatan decried the latest round of arrests that have victimized seven Cordillera activists and an elderly couple on trumped-up charges. Yesterday, January 30, 2022, Cordillera People’s Alliance (CPA) staff Jennifer Awingan was arrested at her home after being served a warrant on rebellion charges. Also named in the warrant are CPA Regional …
Karapatan denounces latest round of arrests on trumped-up charges Read More »
Philippine human rights alliance Karapatan condemned the recent raids by South Korean government forces in the offices of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union’s (KHMU), Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU), among others. Starting January 18, 2023, operatives of the South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) and the …
Karapatan condemns raids in offices of S. Korea labor unions Read More »
