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KARAPATAN and Desaparecidos On The International Week Of The Disappeared

As we observe the International Week of the Disappeared from the 26th to the 31st of May, we stand in solidarity with the countless victims of enforced disappearance in the Philippines and worldwide. This despicable crime perpetrated by state agents or state-sanctioned entities that involves the abduction and clandestine detention of individuals, is a vicious …

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Surface NDFP peace consultant Lora Manipis and Jeruel Domingo!

February 24, 2018 marks the seventh anniversary of the disappearance of National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultant Lora Manipis and her husband Jeruel Domingo. They were last seen in Kidapawan City on this date and have not been heard of since then. They comprise two of the 21 victims of enforced disappearance under …

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On the 18th year of disappearance of peace consultant Leo Velasco

Today, February 19, 2025, marks the 18th year of the disappearance of National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultant Leo Velasco. He was last seen walking along a street in Cagayan de Oro at around 10:30 a.m. on February 19, 2007 when three armed men claiming to be government agents forced him into a …

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Desaparecidos renews call to surface Dexter Capuyan, Bazoo de Jesus

Desaparecidos welcomes the Supreme Court resolution granting a temporary protection order for the families of missing activists Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz Jamil “Bazoo” de Jesus. In an en banc resolution dated September 9, 2024 but made public only on November 22, 2024, the Supreme Court prohibited public respondents PNP chief Benjamin C. Acorda Jr., …

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Kin of desaparecidos to Marcos Jr.: Surface our loved ones!

Families of desaparecidos demanded that the Marcos Jr. surface the 14 victims of enforced disappearance under his regime and implement fully the Anti Enforced and Involuntary Disappearance Law. Carrying shirts and clothes of their missing loved ones, families of the desaparecidos gathered at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani to once again urge the State to …

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Families of desaparecidos condemn the abduction of James Jazmines and Felix Salaveria Jr.

Desaparecidos, an organization of families and friends of the disappeared, stands in solidarity with the families of James Jazmines and Felix Salaveria Jr. as we confront the horrifying reality of their enforced disappearances. Recent reports from Karapatan reveal the alarming sequence of events that suggest these abductions are not isolated incidents but are part of …

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Kin of desaparecidos express support for “Alipato at Muog,” with MTRCB’s recent X-rating of docu-film

Desaparecidos (Families of the Disappeared for Justice) assails the virtual banning from commercial screening of the award-winning documentary film “Alipato at Muog” about the abduction and disappearance of activist Jonas Burgos on April 28, 2007. With this ban, Desaparecidos urges everyone who has not yet seen “Alipato at Muog” to watch it at its special …

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Kin of desaparecidos to Marcos: Surface our loved ones!

As Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers his third State of the Nation Address on July 22, Desaparecidos, or Families of the Disappeared for Justice, demands answers not only for the persistence but the rapid rise in the number of victims of enforced disappearance in the Philippines. The first major human rights violation under the Marcos Jr. …

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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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Desaparecidos: On the first year of disappearance of Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz Jamil “Bazoo” de Jesus

On the first year of disappearance of Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz Jamil “Bazoo” de Jesus, the Families of the Disappeared for Justice (Desaparecidos) joins Dexter and Bazoo’s families in their continuing search for their loved ones. As we have tirelessly done with our own missing kin, we are one with them in asking: Where …

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