Media Release Type: Press statement

Karapatan deplores the dismissal by the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office of ACT Teachers’ Partylist Rep. France Castro’s complaint of grave threats against former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte. In dismissing the complaint, the prosecutor claimed that Duterte was not serious in hurling death threats against Castro and was merely joking. To receive such threats from Duterte, however, …

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Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s minions who are deadset on doing his bidding to change the 1987 Philippine Constitution have unleashed a “people’s initiative” after attempts at charter change (cha-cha) last year via the usual avenues of constitutional convention or constitutional assembly were unsuccessful. The “people’s initiative,” which has been tagged as “politicians’ initiative,” is seen as …

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Human rights alliance Karapatan welcomes the public issuance by six United Nations special rapporteurs led by UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights while Countering Terrorism Fionnuala Ni Aoláin of their communications sent on October 23, 2023 to the Marcos Jr. government calling attention to human rights violations committed in the course of implementing the Anti-Terrorism …

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The Marcos-Duterte regime has failed miserably in its obligation to comply with the international human rights norms and standards under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Today, on the 75th year of the UDHR, the Filipino people assert the right to hold the regime to account and exact justice for its violations of human rights …

#UDHR75 in the Philippines: A day of reckoning Read More »

Human rights alliance Karapatan welcomed the statement of the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) on the urgent need for a national torture prevention body in the Philippines that would have the power to access all places of detention in order to prevent torture and other forms of ill treatment. The UN SPT …

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As we observe International Human Rights Day on December 10, commemorating the 75th year of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, we assert that the climate of impunity that shielded Rodrigo Duterte and his subalterns from being held accountable for the killings of activists and suspected drug personalities still rears its ugly head under Ferdinand Marcos …

Karapatan to Marcos Jr.: Stop the killings, justice for the victims Read More »

Rights group Karapatan decries the arbitrary blacklisting and deportation of Edna Becher, a Filipino-Swiss who went to the Philippines to spend the holidays with her family and friends, only to suffer from political persecution from Philippine immigration authorities. Reports reached Karapatan that Becher arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 early evening …

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Vice President Sara Duterte’s comments against the resumption of peace talks between the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) are no surprise.  Since the onset of her term, and even during the campaign period, she has rejected and repudiated peace talks between the two …

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