Media Release Type: Press statement

Former president Rodrigo Duterte has turned the ongoing Senate blue ribbon committee hearing on the drug war as a platform for his usual expletive-laced rants, with support from his subalterns Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa and Robin Padilla, among others. The proceedings have become a three-ring circus. His statements on taking legal responsibility for the consequences …

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KARAPATAN condemns the arbitrary arrest of two Southern Tagalog trade union organizers on October 27, 2024. Arrested in Makati City were Gavino Panganiban, Director for Campaigns of the Kilusang Mayo Uno-affiliated Pagkakaisa ng Manggagawa sa Timog Katagalugan (PAMANTIK), and Maritess David, a labor organizer of the Organized Labor Association in Line Industries and Agriculture-Kilusang Mayo …

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Human and women’s rights groups decried the “hypocrisy” of the Marcos Jr. administration in its statements on hosting the International Conference on Women, Peace and Security (ICWPWS) that opens today, October 28, 2024. The groups said that the Marcos Jr. government remains “the number 1 harbinger of violence and unpeace on Filipino women.” Tanggol Bayi, …

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KARAPATAN condemns the arbitrary arrest and detention on trumped-up charges of National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant Wigberto Villarico. Villarico was arrested by combined military and police elements led by the Armed Forces of the Philippines Joint Task Force Katagalugan and the Philippine National Police in Barangay Fairview, Quezon City on October …

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Human rights alliance KARAPATAN called on the House of Representatives’ Quad Committee to take a deep-dive investigation into the bloody trail of funds and police officers responsible for drug-related extrajudicial killings which seems to present leads on the possible perpetrators of the killings of activists and ordinary folks during the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte. The …

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“Yes VP Sara, you and your kind, you are the problem.” Rights group KARAPATAN hit back at Vice President Sara Duterte’s remarks saying she is not the country’s biggest problem. “Sara Duterte and Ferdinand Marcos Jr. are from political clans that perpetuated themselves in power for their own personal benefit and interests. The Marcoses and …

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Karapatan condemns the weaponization of anti-terror laws in the latest spate of attacks against activists, development workers and peace advocates in the Ilocos region. On October 21, 2024, Simeon “Ka Filiw” Naogsan was arrested in a raid by joint military and police elements on the house he was staying in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte. The 70-year …

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KARAPATAN strongly condemns the brazen killing of female broadcaster Maria Vilma Rodriguez in Zamboanga City last night. Rodriguez is the fourth victim of media killings under the Marcos Jr. government, according to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines. Rodriguez, 56, was a broadcaster and radio program anchor for Barangay Action Center of 105.9 …

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