Media Release Type: Press statement

Families of the disappeared laud Cinemalaya film on desaparecidos

Desaparecidos, an organization of families and friends of victims of enforced disappearance in the Philippines, warmly congratulates Jose Luis “JL” Burgos, as his documentary film “Alipato at Muog” (Flying Embers and a Fortress) makes it as a finalist in Cinemalaya 2024’s full length film category. JL, a member of Desaparecidos, is a filmmaker, visual artist …

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JOINT STATEMENT OF KA SATUR OCAMPO AND REP. FRANCE CASTRO

The decision of the Davao del Norte Regional Trial Court Branch 2 wrongfully convicting us, the eight teachers of the Salugpungan Ta ‘Tanu Igkanogon Community Learning Center and the Community Technical College of Southeastern Mindanao, and two from the Alliance of Concerned Teachers, is unacceptable and unjust. This wrongful conviction speaks of the continuing persecution …

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KARAPATAN to CHR: Investigate threats, terrorist-tagging of human rights defenders in Central Luzon, Negros

KARAPATAN decried the stepped up harassment inflicted by State security forces on human rights defenders in Central Luzon and Negros. In Central Luzon, tarpaulins addressed to Karapatan-Central Luzon coordinator Pia Montalban were hung in at least three provinces — Pampanga, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija — accusing her and KARAPATAN of being the recruiters of ten …

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KARAPATAN on Marcos Jr.’s remark on “working justice system” in PH

Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s remark that former Sen. Leila de Lima’s acquittal proves that the Philippine justice system works is the height of irony. Former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte instigated the filing of a number of trumped-up drug-related cases against Senator De Lima because she was one of the staunchest critics of the former regime’s bloody war …

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KARAPATAN supports jeepney drivers’ transport strike

KARAPATAN expresses its staunchest solidarity with the striking jeepney drivers and operators led by Piston who are airing their grievances ahead of the big gathering of workers’ groups on May 1, 2024. Jeepney drivers and operators have been opposing the Marcos Jr. government’s jeepney phaseout scheme masquerading as a jeepney modernization program. Under this scheme, …

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KARAPATAN slams recent terror case vs Southern Tagalog human rights workers

KARAPATAN denounces the recently-reported indictment of two Southern Tagalog young activists for alleged violation of Republic Act No. 10168 or the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012. The ridiculous accusation of terrorist financing levelled against Southern Tagalog youth activists Fritz Jay Labiano and Adrian Paul Tagle is but the latest act by the …

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Karapatan raises grave concern on rising number of enforced disappearances under Marcos Jr.

Today, we bear witness to environmental defender Eco Dangla’s description of his ordeal, from his ordeal to the torture that he endured. On Sunday, April 28, 2024, we recall the 17th year since activist Jonas Burgos was abducted and the first year after the enforced disappearance of indigenous people’s advocates Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz …

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