KARAPATAN denounces the X-rating classification given by the Movie, Television Ratings and Classification Board (MTRCB), during its first review, to award-winning documentary film “Alipato at Muog” by Jose Luis “JL” Burgos about the abduction and disappearance of his brother, activist Jonas Burgos in April 2007. The X-rating, which prohibits the film’s viewing in commercial theaters …
Agosto 19, 2022 nang dukutin at paslangin ng mga elemento ng 2nd Infantry Battalion ng Philippine Army (IBPA) ang magpinsan na sina Mario Espereguerra at Renante Capareno sa Sitio Guintariban, Brgy. Piña, San Jacinto, Ticao, Masbate. Mariing kinukundena ng Hustisya (Pagkakaisa ng mga Biktima para sa Hustisya) ang rehimeng Marcos Jr. dahil dalawang taon na …
KARAPATAN condemns the mounting human rights violations in civilian communities where soldiers conducting so-called focused military operations have had a prolonged presence. In San Jose del Monte (SJDM), Bulacan, troops of the 80th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (IBPA) have been conducting saturation drives for the past two months against residents of Barangays San …
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August is commemorated in the Philippines as International Humanitarian Law (IHL) month. Yet some of the most horrific violations of IHL have occurred in the month of August. On August 19, 2022, Benito Tiamzon, a member of the National Democratic Front (NDFP) negotiating panel, and Wilma Austria-Tiamzon, an NDFP consultant, were intercepted in Catbalogan, Samar …
Karapatan condemns the violent dispersal of a rally held by delegates to the 57th General Assembly of Student Councils (GASC) held on August 16, 2024 a few meters outside the University of the Philippines (UP) campus in Tacloban City. The students demanded academic freedom, a stop to the militarization of UP Tacloban, and the release …
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Today marks the seventh year since the killings of Kian delos Santos, Carl Arnaiz and Reynaldo “Kulot” de Guzman. The three youths were killed on August 16 and 18, 2017 in Caloocan City at the height of the Duterte regime’s bloody anti-drug war. Their cases stand out among the tens of thousands of drug war-related …
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Karapatan condemns the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) for threatening to charge Cavite-based student activist Paolo Tarra for violating the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 on baseless claims that he is recruiting the youth for the New People’s Army. The NTF-ELCAC’s threats against Tarra is the latest harassment inflicted on the …
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The decision of the Court of Appeals’ former Special 8th Division disregarded the basic rights of environmental rights defenders Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano, as well as the continuing threats to life, liberty and security, in dismissing their plea for legal protection via their petition for the privilege of the writ of amparo and habeas …
KARAPATAN expresses grave concern over reports that the bodies of six members of the New People’s Army (NPA) who died in an alleged gunbattle in Iloilo on August 8, 2024 bore marks of torture. According to the group’s Panay chapter, the bodies had large and small punctures in the chest, fractured arms and extensive bruising …
Today marks International Humanitarian Law (IHL) day. Commemorating IHL is especially significant in the Philippines because of the growing cases of IHL violations being perpetrated by the Marcos Jr. regime in the course of its counter-insurgency war. As of June 30, 2024, there have been 105 extrajudicial killings committed by state security forces, with the …
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