Media Release Type: Press statement

KARAPATAN decried a memorandum allegedly issued by Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) regional director JCSupt. Clint Russell Tangeres mandating jail authorities to closely monitor detained “suspected Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) members” for allegedly facilitating fund-raising activities using drug money to finance the electoral campaign of senatorial candidate France Castro, currently ACT …

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At the Vin d’Honneur in Malacañang yesterday, Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. asked the diplomatic community to support his administration’s bid for membership in the UN Security Council, citing the Philippines’ “rich experience” in “building peace, forging consensus, and finding new paths for cooperation.” Marcos Jr. has repeatedly peddled these lies in a desperate bid to …

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Rights group Karapatan condemned the abduction and continued arbitrary detention of a Bicolano youth by suspected State security forces, in a bid to pressure the victim’s father to surrender. According to reports from Karapatan-Bicol, Gerald Gestole, 24, and his brother Leo, had just gotten off a public utility vehicle in Barangay Chrysanthemum, San Pedro, Laguna …

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Karapatan welcomed the latest Supreme Court (SC) ruling affirming the constitutional right against unlawful searches and seizures. In a decision penned by Senior Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, the SC ruled that search warrants must particularly describe the place to be searched. Otherwise, the warrant is deemed a general warrant which is prohibited by the constitution. …

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Karapatan welcomes but views as long overdue the recommendation of the House of Representatives Quad Committee to file crimes against humanity charges against former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte, Sens. Ronald ‘Bato’ dela Rosa and Christopher ‘Bong’ Go, former PNP chiefs Oscar Albayalde and Debold Sinas and former police colonels Royina Garma and Edilberto Leonardo as well …

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Human rights alliance KARAPATAN joined migrants rights advocates and other human rights defenders in welcoming Mary Jane Veloso, with news of her imminent transfer from Indonesia to the Philippines, and renewed its call to Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to immediately grant her executive clemency upon her return. “It would be the height of insensitivity to …

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KARAPATAN welcomed the ruling of Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 306 Presiding Judge Dolly Rose Prado in favor of broadcast journalist Atom Araullo who filed a civil suit against Lorraine Badoy-Partosa and Jeffrey Celiz, anchors of “Laban Kasama ng Bayan,” a red-tagging program aired by SMNI News Channel and republished through SMNI social media …

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KARAPATAN condemned the unjust and wrongful decision of Palawan Regional Trial Court Branch 51 convicting six activists of illegal possession of firearms, ammunition and explosives. The activists — Glendhyl Malabanan, Jenny Ann Bautista, Ronces Paragoso, Benner Rimbuwan, Joelito Tanilon and Awing Lumpat — were on a fact-finding mission when they were illegally arrested at a …

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