Member organization: Karapatan

KARAPATAN assailed the camp of Rodrigo Duterte for once more playing the victim card. In reaction to a statement by Duterte’s lead counsel that detention has taken a toll on the former dictator’s health, Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said, “We decry this ‘wheelchair justice’ being conveniently resorted to by Duterte and many other corrupt …

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KARAPATAN condemned the arbitrary arrest by combined elements of the 16th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (IBPA) and the police of peasant organizer Faye Tallow, on September 4, 2025 in Labo, Camarines Norte. Tallow, a former student leader from the University of the Philippines in Diliman, was arrested without warrant inside a house in …

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In less than one hour, the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations terminated today’s hearing on the proposed budget of the Office of the President, despite the manifestations of members of the opposition led by the Makabayan representatives and citing “parliamentary courtesy.” We denounce this blatant disregard of transparency and accountability procedures in the name …

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“Are Malacañang and local officials afraid that the anti-corruption protests will eventually lead to their doorsteps?” Human rights alliance KARAPATAN asked this as presidential spokesperson Claire Castro sought to quelch public outrage over explosive exposés of bureaucratic corruption by repeating claims made by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) that …

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KARAPATAN assailed the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) for being fixated on filing trumped-up terrorism financing charges and civil forfeiture cases against people’s organization, faith-based institutions and development NGOs, when it should be training its guns on high-ranking government officials and contractors of big-ticket infrastructure projects who are now the subjects of ongoing investigations on bureaucratic …

KARAPATAN: AMLC focused on repressing people’s organizations, NGOs instead of going after corrupt gov’t officials, contractors Read More »

KARAPATAN assailed the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) for deflecting public outrage at revelations of large-scale bureaucratic corruption by warning that the “corruption of the Filipino mind” is the most dangerous form of corruption. Said KARAPATAN National Council member Raoul Manuel, “In effect, the NTF-ELCAC is dissuading the youth from …

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KARAPATAN expressed alarm on the multiple reports of incidents of threats and harassment of peasant organizations and their members, as well as similar cases of intimidation against activists in the past weeks. “The Marcos administration has the audacity to claim that it is a ‘long-time champion of international humanitarian law,’ while his National Task Force …

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KARAPATAN supports the protest of more than 600 “persons deprived of liberty,” including political prisoners, at the Negros Occidental District Jail in Bago City, Negros Occidental. We call on the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) to respect the rights and welfare of the prisoners, including their legitimate right to seek redress of their …

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