Babahain ng nagpupuyos na taumbayan ang Luneta at iba’t ibang lugar sa Pilipinas sa ika-53 taong anibersaryo ng martial law, ang golden age ng korapsyon sa ating kasaysayan. Babahain sa galit sa pangungurakot at pandarambong ng nagsasabwatang sakim na iilan samantalang kandamatay ang taumbayan sa lagim ng panahon at kahirapan. Babahain sa pagkakaisang wakasan na …
Know your rights! In light of the threats of arrests, remember: stay calm, be observant, assert your rights, demand access to a phone, and ask the name and rank of your arresting officer. Feel free to share, download, and print our paralegal bust card! English version Filipino version
KARAPATAN assailed Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa for sponsoring Senate Bill No. 1366 entitled “The Terror Grooming Prevention Act” ostensibly to stem recruitment of youth into the New People’s Army (NPA). “Rattled by the youth’s outstanding response to recent revelations of bureaucratic corruption,” said KARAPATAN secretary general Cristina Palabay, “Bato dela Rosa is now foisting …
Human rights alliance KARAPATAN expressed alarm over the possibility that former University of the Philippines student leader and community organizer Faye Tallow, who was arrested without warrant in Camarines Norte on September 4, 2025, is being subjected to intense coercion by her military and police captors. KARAPATAN earlier had issued a press statement demanding that …
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“Imee Marcos and the Marcoses cannot claim to be clean. They are as ‘buwaya’ as they come. The Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners, takes exception to Imee Marcos’ attempts to portray herself and their family as an anti-corruption stalwarts by carrying around a stylized …
SELDA: Imee Marcos and family are as buwaya as they come Read More »
KARAPATAN and Hustisya, an organization of families and friends of victims of extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations, condemn the reversal by the Supreme Court of the conviction of Marvin Nuguid for the extrajudicial killing of Dutch activist Wilhelm Geertman on July 3, 2012, saying it may be a precursor of reversals of the …
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 …
KARAPATAN decries “wheelchair justice” as desperate, insidious ploy of Rodrigo Duterte Read More »
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 …
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 …
Desaparecidos, an organization of families of the disappeared, proudly congratulates Alipato at Muog for its multiple nominations at the 48th Gawad Urian Awards. The film is nominated for Best Film, Best Direction, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, and Best Production Design. “We congratulate our chairperson, director JL Burgos—brother of Jonas—in yet another recognition that …
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