KARAPATAN condemned the US for its barefaced attacks on the International Criminal Court (ICC), after the US escalated economic and diplomatic sanctions against the ICC since the latter looked into war crimes committed by the Israeli Zionist regime in Palestine. The US had already been ramping up sanctions against the ICC since 2018 when the …
KARAPATAN called for an end to the military and police harassment of a team conducting a study on the effects of El Niño and the construction of an EDCA site on the ancestral lands of an indigenous group in Palawan. Journalist Marky Casaquite of Southern Tagalog Exposure and writer-photographer and League of Filipino Students-Southern Tagalog …
KARAPATAN welcomed the International Criminal Court (ICC) Trial Chamber III’s decision, made public yesterday, finding former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte fit to stand trial for crimes against humanity. Preparations for his trial are now full steam ahead. The delays and maneuvers of his defense counsel, for him not to face justice, should all be put …
KARAPATAN condemned the suspension by the University of Sto. Tomas (UST) administration of four student activists for staging a protest action on campus against the Philippine Air Force (PAF). The four students — Raven Racelis, Ralph Manuel, Mecaella Capalar and Dex Frogoso — were slapped with suspensions ranging from four to ten days. Capalar was …
KARAPATAN condemned the shooting by suspected military agents of a pregnant member of the New People’s Army (NPA) that left the victim paralyzed below the waist. According to an online post from PH News Today, military agents shot Arnida Cuaton Maguiguilid in the back on September 19, 2026 as she was about to enter the …
KARAPATAN slammed as hypocritical a plea yesterday from the Israeli embassy to the Philippine government for dialogue after the Philippine delegation joined the representatives of more than 70 other countries in a walkout as Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly on September 24, 2026. At the same time, KARAPATAN assailed …
KARAPATAN assailed the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) for threatening to impose punishment on jeepney drivers planning to join a nationwide transport strike on September 29-30, 2026. The LTFRB said that the penalties would range from a P5,000-fine to the cancellation of their franchises. The strike to be spearheaded by PISTON and joined …
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KARAPATAN condemned the arrest of Kasibu municipal councilor Anthony Glenn Guingayan Sr. and the legal harassment of indigenous peoples, farmers, and environmental defenders in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya, who have opposed the entry of North Luzon Mineral Resources Corporation (NLMRC) into their ancestral territories. For months, residents of Kasibu — many of them members of the …
Fifty-four years after the declaration of Martial Law under the Marcos dictatorship, human rights alliance KARAPATAN said the continuing exercise of the people’s right to protest is among the most important lessons that must be carried forward from the dark years of authoritarian rule. KARAPATAN stressed that September 21, beyond remembrance of the dark days …
KARAPATAN assailed the dismissal by the Ombudsman of the criminal and administrative complaints filed by abduction survivors Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano against government and military officials responsible for their kidnapping and illegal detention and who staged a press conference where the two were to be presented to the media as “surrenderers.” The charges filed …
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