On June 3, 2019, the House of Representatives passed House Bill 9199, or the Human Rights Defenders Bill, on its third and final reading.
Today, June 3, 2019, Maoj Maga was falsely convicted of the trumped-up charges of illegal possession of firearms by the San Mateo Rizal Regional Trial Court Branch 76. Maga was illegally arrested on February 22, 2018 while playing basketball in his neighborhood, when police and military operatives accosted him and planted firearms in his belongings. …
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Mahigpit na kinondena ng Karapatan ang desisyon ng Korte Suprema na alisin ang Filipino at Panitikan bilang mga pangunahing asignatura sa kolehiyo. Nakikiisa ang Karapatan sa lahat ng grupong patuloy na naninindigan para igiit ang ating pambansang pagkakakilanlan dahil ito ay mahalang gulugod ng karapatang pantao ng mamamayan.
On May 24, 2019, the Supreme Court, in an en banc session, issued a writ of amparo and habeas data in favor of petitioners Karapatan, Gabriela, and Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP). The Court also directed the Court of Appeals to hear the petition on June 18, 2019, and to submit a decision on …
Mariing iginigiit ng Karapatan ang pagpapalaya sa labing-anim (16) na magsasaka at mangingisda na iligal na inaresto sa isang marahas na demolisyon sa pangunguna ng pinagsanib na pwersa ng Philippine National Police (PNP) at Armed Forces of the Philippines – Philippine Marine Corps (AFP-PMC) sa Sitio Racat, Barangay Rapuli, Sta. Ana, Cagayan noong Abril 24, …
Palayain ang Racat 16! Palayain ang lahat ng mga bilanggong pulitikal! Read More »
On May 28, 2019, the House of Representatives (HOR) is expected to convene to tackle the proposed amendments to the Human Security Act (HSA) of 2007, or the Anti-Terror Law. Karapatan has continuously expressed its opposition to the passage of proposed amendments to the HSA, as its draconian provisions are tantamount to the deliberate crippling …
The Free Maojo Maga campaign has designated May 28, 2019 as the global day of action to call for the release of trade unionist Maoj Maga of the Kilusang Mayo Uno. Maga is set to face judgment for trumped-up charges of illegal possession of firearms on June 3, 2019. He was illegally arrested in February …
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has recently concluded its international mission on the situation of human rights defenders in the Philippines, in a press conference held at the Commission on Human Rights in Quezon …
On April 22, 2019, Bernardino Patigas, 72, was gunned down by motorcycle-riding gunmen along the highway of Brgy. Washington, Escalante City, Negros Occidental. Patigas, or “Tatay Toto” to many of his colleagues, was a Sangguniang Panglunsod member in Escalante City. He was running for re-election and was on his way home from an election campaign …
Slain rights advocate in Negros reelected as city councilor in Negros – Karapatan Read More »
“In an effort to pursue their smear campaign against progressive partylists, elements of the police were seen distributing materials which red-tagged groups under the Makabayan bloc on May 13, within the vicinity of election precincts. This is a blatant disregard of the law. We likewise raise the possibility of these materials being published and distributed …
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