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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“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 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 …
A day before marking the International Day of the Disappeared this August 30th, families of victims of enforced disappearance took to the streets to renew their calls to surface their missing loved ones. Governments have long used enforced disappearance as a repressive tool to silence dissent. The International Day of the Disappeared is an occasion …
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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Rights group KARAPATAN called for an urgent independent investigation on the latest incidents of aerial bombings and indiscriminate firing by State security forces in the island of Panay, following reports of the same incidents of bombings in other regions under the Marcos Jr. government. “That these intense military operations are being carried out on International …
Desaparecidos (Families of the Disappeared United for Justice) congratulates film director JL Burgos, the Burgos family and the entire crew of “Alipato at Muog” (Flying Embers and Fortress) for winning Best Picture and Best Director at the 73rd Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) Awards Night on August 22. “Alipato at Muog”, an …
