Member organization: Karapatan

Recent appointments of Sinas, Parlade in Duterte cabinet strengthen culture of impunity in PH —Karapatan

Human rights alliance Karapatan scored the recent appointments of former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Debold Sinas and retired lieutenant general Antonio Parlade Jr., as Office of the President undersecretary and as deputy director-general of the National Security Council respectively, as “moves that strengthen the culture of impunity in the Philippines.” Human rights alliance Karapatan …

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Karapatan welcomes CHR Cordillera’s resolutions vs red-tagging

Photo by Michael Vargas/Philippine Star Karapatan welcomes these resolutions by the Commission on Human Rights Regional Office in the Cordillera region reaffirming basic rights of individuals and groups against red-tagging and other forms of violations.

Tokhang-style operations, by any other name, should stop

Photo by Jonathan Cellona/ABS-CBN News “By whatever name, any resolution initiating and driving activities that have the notorious tokhang-style operation in their backbone shall remain a threat to people’s safety and security in Cordillera, and must be widely opposed and junked.”

Karapatan: Quashal of search warrants vs Birondo couple further proof that Villavert’s warrants are based on lies

The quashal of two more search warrants issued by Executive Judge Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert, this time against peace talks staff Alexander and Winona Birondo, “only serves as further proof that the warrants she churns out are based on lies,” human rights alliance Karapatan asserted, as the group called for the couple’s release and the dismissal of …

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Karapatan hits cyber attacks against its website anew

Photo from Shutterstock Following a new report from Sweden-based media foundation Qurium on August 17, 2021, human rights alliance Karapatan once again slammed the recent spate of cyber attacks against its website karapatan.org, which started on July 29 and are still ongoing as of yesterday, August 18.