Media Release Type: Press statement

KARAPATAN denounced the recent arrests and harassment of peasants in Hacienda Almeda in Occidental Mindoro and in Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac City. At least 31 Iraya Mangyan residents, including 16 elderly individuals and 15 minors, were reported to have been illegally arrested and detained by seven private goons and four members of the Police Regional …

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Karapatan slams Sen. Rogelio “Bato” dela Rosa’s call for a motu proprio investigation in the Senate to counter the ongoing hearings in the House Quad Committee in relation to the implementation of Duterte’s bloody drug war. “What sort of fairness and impartiality do we expect from an investigation called by no less than a human …

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KARAPATAN calls for the urgent dismissal of charges of illegal assembly against two MAKABAYAN senatoriables–transport leader Modesto “Mody” Floranda and urban poor leader Eufemia “Mimi” Doringo for alleged violations of Batasang Pambansa 880 (BP 880) or the Public Assembly Act. The complaint also included Ruben “Bong” Baylon, secretary general of PISTON, as well as Manibela …

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KARAPATAN called on the Marcos Jr. administration and the Armed Forces of the Philippines to immediately surface peasant organizer Fhobie Matias and deplored attacks against farmers and their organizations. According to reports by peasant organization Katipunan ng mga Samahang Magbubukid sa Timog Katagalugan (KASAMA-TK), suspected State security forces abducted Matias on September 28, 2024 in …

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KARAPATAN condemns the arrest and killing of two consultants of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in a span of three weeks. Ariel Arbitrario was reportedly tortured and killed with two others in an encounter on September 11, 2024 in Barangay Baliuag, Peñablanca, Cagayan, while Porferio Tuna was arrested in Tagum City on …

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Human rights alliance KARAPATAN condemns the arrest of Jose Puancing, a farmworker leader in Negros, based on trumped-up charges which stemmed from the search warrants issued by Quezon City Judge Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert, and resulted in the arrests of activists in Negros island and Metro Manila in October to November 2019. Puancing, 63, was arrested outside …

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Human rights alliance KARAPATAN condemns the terrorism financing case against an indigenous community member in Mountain Province, and raised the alarm on the Marcos Jr. regime’s use of fake witnesses to pin down activists. Marcylyn Pilala, a member of the Mountain Province Youth Alliance (MPYA) in her youth, and also a former substitute public school …

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As KARAPATAN concluded its 6th National Congress held in Quezon City, the human rights alliance denounced the denial of entry to the Philippines of one of its solidarity allies and an observer in its recently conducted event. On October 5, 2024, US-based activist Copeland Downs, Chairperson of Portland Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines …

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Philippine elections, already known to be a noisy, rambunctious affair will become even more raucous with the entry of this gaggle of murderers, red- and terrorist-taggers. Three of the most rabidly anti-people personalities have announced their candidacies – Rodrigo Duterte for mayor of Davao City, Ronald Cardema for Laguna board member and his Duterte Youth …

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Hundreds of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Bago City called on the seven Negrense lawmakers at the House of Representatives to help increase their food and medical budget starting January next year. In a petition letter addressed to Representatives Gerardo Valmayor, Alfredo Marañon III, Stephen Joseph Paduano, …

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