Member organization: Karapatan

Amid the lethal impact of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, human rights group Karapatan called for the release of political prisoners, especially the elderly,  sick with chronic, debilitating or terminal medical conditions, pregnant, those who are due for parole or pardon, at least one spouse each of political prisoner couples and accidental victims of …

Karapatan calls for release of political prisoners amid COVID-19 pandemic Read More »

Human rights group Karapatan raised alarm over statements made by Martin Diño, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) undersecretary for barangay affairs, that individuals can be arrested without warrant during the Luzon-wide “enhanced community quarantine” against the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic supposedly because human rights disappear and the privilege of the writ …

Disinformation, vague quarantine directives from nat’l gov’t = rights violations on the ground Read More »

Human rights alliance Karapatan called on the Duterte government to uphold and respect people’s rights amid the imposition of the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine against the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Karapatan said that stringent measures currently being imposed make poor communities of workers, the homeless, the urban and rural poor vulnerable to arrests and …

Gov’t authorities urged to respect rights in the midst of “enhanced community quarantine” Read More »

Human rights alliance Karapatan strongly condemns the murder of cultural worker Marlon Maldos in Cortes, Bohol and the massacre of peace consultant and former political prisoner Julius Giron and his two companions, including a medical doctor, in Baguio City, as well as the arbitrary arrest of Manobo leader Gloria Tumalon based on trumped-up charges.

Human rights alliance Karapatan denounces the arrest of its Regional Council Member for Northern Mindanao Teresita Naul on March 15, 2020 at around 8:00 a.m. at her relative’s residence in Lala, Lanao del Sur.

Amid the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, human rights group Karapatan asserted that while it “recognizes and understands the necessity of implementing stringent quarantine measures for the interest of public health and safety,” the implications of an “enhanced” community quarantine for the entirety of Luzon — which Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo and Department of the Interior …

Rights group says militarist quarantine a fertile ground for more rights violations Read More »

Human rights group Karapatan criticized on Sunday, March 15, the relentless harassment and intimidation perpetrated by the Duterte regime following the red-tagging of human rights activists, including its Western Mindanao Chairperson and Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) Bishop Antonio Ablon and its Regional Council member from Northern Mindanao Teresita Naul.

Human rights alliance Karapatan sounded alarm over President Rodrigo Duterte’s militarist response to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic following his public statement on Thursday, March 12, 2020. Karapatan Deputy Secretary General Roneo Clamor urged that “for us to effectively counter this pandemic, the public needs access to free public health services for testing and …

PH gov’t militarizes response to COVID-19 pandemic Read More »

Human rights group Karapatan slammed the presence of Presidential Communications and Operations Office (PCOO) Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy in the House hearing on the proposed Anti-Terrorism Bill on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Karapatan Deputy Secretary General Roneo Clamor derided Badoy’s presence in the hearing as a “audacious and ridiculous display of the PCOO and the Duterte …

Badoy’s red-tagging spree in House hearing exposes fascist underbelly of anti-terror bill — Karapatan Read More »

Human rights alliance Karapatan condemns in strongest terms the trumped-up charges against couple Reynaldo and Carmelita Camacho, who were arrested by the elements of the 47th Infantry Battalion (IB) without a warrant nor any legal basis in their home at Brgy. Tolang, Getafe, Bohol last February 8, 2020.