Karapatan calls for release of youth peasant organizer in Negros
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Karapatan calls on JBC to rescind nomination of “search warrant factory” judge
Human rights alliance Karapatan called on the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) to rescind its nomination of Vice Executive Judge Jose Lorenzo Dela Rosa for the position of Associate Justice in Court of Appeals, as the group asserted that the judge should be held accountable for using his court to be a “search warrant factory,” …
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“Back off!” rights group tells NTF-ELCAC amid threats, harassment vs progressive partylists, communities in need of aid
Photo by Jonathan Cellona/ABS-CBN News Rights group Karapatan scored the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) amid reports of threat, harassment of progressive partylists, as the election campaign begins in less than a week.
Karapatan calls on CHR to investigate escalating rights violations before election campaign period
Human rights watchdog Karapatan condemned the escalating violations on human rights and international humanitarian law throughout the country reported in the past week, as the group called on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to investigate these violations especially as the country prepares for the start of the official campaign period for the upcoming 2022 …
NTF-ELCAC’s red-tagging underscores urgency of passing bill on protection of rights defenders
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Marcos Jr. feigning ignorance on rights violations under martial law
Photo from Rappler Human rights alliance Karapatan slammed presidential aspirant Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for feigning ignorance on the human rights violations committed under his father’s dictatorship, after he was asked regarding Amnesty International’s data on these violations in his one-on-one interview with Boy Abunda, which was aired yesterday, January 25, 2022.
#FactsFirstPH to Filipinos: The battle for facts needs you
The battle for facts needs you. This is what more than 100 organizations from the media, coalitions, civil society, business, academe, law, and the Church said as they launched a first-of-its kind initiative on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, called “#FactsFirstPH.”