Member organization: Karapatan

Human rights group Karapatan strongly condemns the Duterte regime’s continuing attacks directed against rights activists as illegal arrests and various human rights violations have intensified in the string of the government’s relentless crackdown. “Since October started, at least 13 human rights defenders were illegally arrested and charged with trumped-up charges. There is an orchestrated attempt, …

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Human rights group Karapatan strongly denounced the warrant of arrest issued against former political prisoner and peasant activist Angelina Bisuña Ipong and several others for a trumped-up murder case. The warrant was issued by acting executive judge Lou A. Nueva of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 7, Bayugan City, Agusan del Suron June 6, 2018.

Human rights alliance Karapatan expressed grave concern over the cyberlibel charge filed by Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) spokesperson Pircelyn Pialago against satirical social media pages Barurot News and Pinoy Laugh Page in what is clearly “a display of the government’s increasing desperation to silence any form of criticism and its continuing attacks on the …

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Human rights alliance Karapatan expressed grave concern over the cyberlibel charge filed by Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) spokesperson Pircelyn Pialago against satirical social media pages Barurot News and Pinoy Laugh Page in what is clearly “a display of the government’s increasing desperation to silence any form of criticism and its continuing attacks on the …

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“The impending designation of Brig. Gen. Debold Sinas as Philippine National Police National Capital Region chief and the recent appointment of Lt. Gen. Noel Clement as the new Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff are indications of how the Duterte regime rewards butchers who have instigated unspeakable terror in many communities,” said Karapatan …

Incoming NCR police chief, AFP Chief of Staff sourced from a long line of butchers, human rights violators – Karapatan Read More »

Human rights group Karapatan assailed the resolution of the Department of Education (DepEd) – Region XI ordering the permanent closure of 54 Salugpongan Ta Tanu Igkanogon Community Learning Centers in Davao Region. “The permanent closure of the said learning centers is a denial of every Filipino child’s right to education. We are enraged by the …

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"Under the Duterte government, we have seen an alarming increase in the number of activists and government critics charged with trumped-up cases and subjected to illegal arrests. This is a systematic maneuver meant to silence those voicing out legitimate issues and the poor’s interests. Since October 2017, the machinery tasked with case build-up for the …

Two years after formation of gov’t body filing charges vs activists, Karapatan calls for its abolition Read More »

“There is a duplicitous and sly plan in motion to continue the political rehabilitation of the Marcoses. Starting from the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ undeserved burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in 2017, up to the refusal of this government to jail convicted criminal Imelda Marcos and the congenial accommodation for Bongbong Marcos’ ongoing …

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Karapatan decries the recent cases of surveillance and threats against its human rights workers in “what clearly appears to be systematic and organized effort to attack, intimidate, and vilify human rights defenders and our work of documenting and reporting rights violations.”   “The government has called Karapatan and its human rights workers many names—demons, terrorists, …

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Human rights alliance Karapatan raises the alarm on the series of threats by suspected State forces to intimidate rights workers and activists defending people’s rights in Negros Occidental.