Member organization: Karapatan

While returning US president Donald Trump took pains to distance himself from his predecessor Joe Biden during the electoral campaign, there is one striking issue where the two of them agree on: intensifying efforts to drag the Philippines into US warmongering schemes in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly against China and North Korea. Trump’s hostility towards …

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Human rights alliance KARAPATAN deplored the Marcos Jr. administration’s increased political persecution of activists, dissenters and development workers through policies reportedly required by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global body that purportedly sets international standards to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing. The FATF is slated to have a meeting with Philippine government …

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KARAPATAN urged the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to address squarely the violations of human rights and international humanitarian law (IHL) evident from the testimonies gathered from across the country during its inquiry on red-tagging. Among those who gave testimonies on the first day of the CHR’s inquiry on red-tagging in Luzon on January 14, …

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KARAPATAN welcomed the Commission on Human Rights’ (CHR) continuing probe on red-tagging, as it strongly recommended the abolition of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, the repeal of repressive laws such as the Anti-Terrorism Act, and the enactment of measures recognizing and protecting human rights defenders. The inquiry, which began in …

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KARAPATAN railed against the extremely slow pace with which three political prisoners in Eastern Visayas are being tried for a trumped-up charge of illegal possession of firearms and explosives. Katungod-Sinirangan Bisayas secretary general and KARAPATAN national council member Alexander Philip “Chakoy” Abinguna attended a hearing on January 14, 2025 with two other co-accused, journalist Frenchie …

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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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