Member organization: Karapatan

KARAPATAN condemns the latest reported incidents of repression in Ilocos Norte and Agusan del Sur, and called upon the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to conduct a thorough investigation. In the span of a day, three individuals were forcibly taken by military elements with the whereabouts of two of them still unknown. On the night …

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On the third day of the Asia Pacific Regional Conference on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) at the New World Hotel in Makati City, KARAPATAN and activists from various groups protested at the venue of the conference and denounced the Marcos regime’s hosting of the event as “another act of hypocrisy and window-dressing before the international …

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Karapatan renewed its call to put Sara Duterte on trial to hold her accountable for her misuse of hundreds of millions of pesos in Confidential and Intelligence Funds (CIF). The refusal of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his lieutenants to go ahead with Sara Duterte’s trial is rooted in their fear of losing their opportunity to …

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Rights group KARAPATAN condemned the harassment of Kyle Domequil, sister of detained humanitarian worker Marielle Domequil, one of the Tacloban 5. “The military and elements of the state are too desperate to silence the Domequil sisters, because they cannot deny the fact that they are speaking out the truth, first in the unjust arrest and …

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Human rights alliance KARAPATAN denounced the Marcos regime’s hosting of the Asia Pacific Regional Conference on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) as “another act of hypocrisy and window-dressing before the international community, amid numerous human rights and IHL violations under the current administration.” The conference opens today, August 11, 2025 until the 14th, according to the …

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After a long-winded session, the Philippine Senate shamelessly reneged on its duty to hold accountable Vice President Sara Duterte for misusing more than Php600 million in her Confidential and Intelligence Funds (CIF). For hours, the vast majority of senators gave speeches that were variations of the same theme set down by the Supreme Court — …

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KARAPATAN welcomes the acquittal by the Taguig City Regional Trial Court Branch 70 of five activists arrested in Laguna almost seven years ago on trumped-up charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives (IPFE). Collectively known as the “Sta. Cruz 5,” the activists—National Democratic Front of the Philippines consultant Adelberto Silva, veteran union organizer Ireneo …

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