QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES – KARAPATAN and HUSTISYA (Victims United for Justice) welcomed the November 28 judgment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber upholding the Pre-Trial Chamber I’s earlier decision denying former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s request for interim release. The judgment, which was delivered in an open court and live-streamed via the ICC …
The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners, asserts that the Marcos family’s unpaid ₱203-billion estate tax remains the clearest symbol of entrenched impunity in the country. This comes in light of the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) recent filing of tax evasion charges against former Department …
KARAPATAN vehemently condemns the filing of formal charges against at least ten (10) individuals who were illegally arrested and detained during the September 21 anti-corruption protest in Manila. During the inquest proceedings on September 22 and 23, 2025, the Philippine National Police filed complaints on alleged violations of the Revised Penal Code and the Batas …
KARAPATAN condemns in the strongest terms the killing of former Karapatan-SOCSKSARGENDS deputy secretary general and Hustisya-SOCSKSARGENDS secretary general Ali Macalintal, also a former radio broadcaster of RPN XDX. Macalintal was reportedly shot dead yesterday, June 23, 2025, by an unknown assailant. According to reports by local media, Macalintal was shot several times inside by a …
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GENEVA — Human rights defenders from the Philippine UPR Watch submitted an urgent letter of allegation to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, denouncing the intensifying weaponization of counterterrorism laws to attack religious groups, development organizations, and human rights defenders in the …
The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners, condemned the death of another political prisoner in detention, the 11th under the regime of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Sonny Tambalque, a peasant organizer from Carranglan, Nueva Ecija died at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) on May 26, 2025 from …
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As we observe the International Week of the Disappeared from the 26th to the 31st of May, we stand in solidarity with the countless victims of enforced disappearance in the Philippines and worldwide. This despicable crime perpetrated by state agents or state-sanctioned entities that involves the abduction and clandestine detention of individuals, is a vicious …
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Karapatan assailed the continuing detention of an ailing and elderly “palit-ulo” victim arrested almost six months ago. Retired aircon technician Prudencio Calubid Jr., 81, was arrested at his home in Olongapo City on December 7, 2024 by elements of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group of the Philippine National Police (PNP-CIDG), using a warrant issued …
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The 2025 mid-term election was marked by massive electoral fraud via the automated electronic system, vote-buying and the systematic political repression of progressive candidates and partylist groups. The May 2025 polls, from the campaign to the voting, have proven once again that reactionary elections are a tool to preserve the bankrupt ruling system. They are …
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The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) strongly opposes a second term for Imee Marcos at the Senate. Imee Marcos, an unabashed apologist for her dictator-father, believes, contrary to historical fact, that martial law is a panacea to the country’s ills, including high rice prices. When confronted with martial law atrocities, however, …
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