Member organization: Karapatan

KARAPATAN slams Imee, Jinggoy’s hypocrisy during Senate hearing on Duterte’s arrest

KARAPATAN slammed what it called the government’s hypocrisy on the implementation of Republic Act No. 7438 or An Act Defining Certain Rights of Persons Arrested, Detained or under Custodial Investigation as well as the Duties of the Arresting, Detaining and Investigating Officers, and Providing Penalties for Violations Thereof. “At the recently held Senate investigation on …

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KARAPATAN expresses support for women relatives of drug war victims, lawyer vs online victim bashing

KARAPATAN stands solidly behind the women relatives of drug war victims of Rise Up for Life and for Rights and National Union of Peoples Lawyers (NUPL) Atty. Kristina Conti, and all other drug war victims and advocates who are being brutally bashed and threatened on social media by the Duterte camp’s mercenary troll army. KARAPATAN …

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KARAPATAN: No asylum for fascists!

KARAPATAN is disgusted at the announcement of former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on filing an asylum application in The Netherlands, a move that can only be seen as a way of evading full accountability for his role in the proliferation of POGOs in the Philippines and the implementation of the Duterte administration’s repressive policies. Roque’s …

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KARAPATAN on the 6th year after PH withdrawal from the Rome Statute

Today, March 17, 2025 marks the sixth year of Rodrigo Duterte’s withdrawal from the Rome Statute which created the International Criminal Court (ICC). Duterte’s self-serving decision to withdraw from the Rome Statute was an attempt to escape accountability in the face of the ICC’s initiation of investigations into the mass killings of drug suspects. Duterte’s …

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KARAPATAN: World getting smaller for Duterte’s drug war implementers

The world is getting smaller for police officers known to have been involved in the Duterte regime’s bloody war on drugs. The Immigration Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada has rejected the application for permanent residence of Jose Ahuday, a former element of the Philippine National Police (PNP) assigned to the Drug …

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KARAPATAN on the appearance of Duterte in the ICC pre-trial chamber proceedings

Former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte made his first appearance before the International Criminal Court (ICC) trying hard to look like a broken man. It was his latest attempt to play the victim card, and human rights violations victims and their families who were watching did not buy it. The families instantly recalled Duterte’s arrogant behavior at …

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