Member organization: Karapatan

Karapatan welcomes the issuance of a temporary protection order for an activist who survived abduction earlier this year, but added that victims must also seek other means to assert their rights. In an en banc resolution dated September 9, 2024 but released yesterday, the Supreme Court took the first step in granting petitioner Francisco “Eco” …

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KARAPATAN denounces the resolution of the Supreme Court (SC), which was received only on October 28, 2024, dismissing with finality the petition for the writ of amparo and habeas data filed by Karapatan, Rural Missionaries of the Philippines and Gabriela on May 6, 2019. The decision came five years after the petition was filed. The …

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Human rights alliance Karapatan disputed claims by Malacañang that the Philippines has “achieved stability and maintained peace and order without foregoing due process nor setting aside the basic human rights of any Filipino.” Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin had issued Malacañang’s statement as a rejoinder to former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte’s assertion at the Senate Blue Ribbon …

KARAPATAN to Marcos Jr.: Your human rights record is not better than Duterte’s Read More »

Former president Rodrigo Duterte has turned the ongoing Senate blue ribbon committee hearing on the drug war as a platform for his usual expletive-laced rants, with support from his subalterns Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa and Robin Padilla, among others. The proceedings have become a three-ring circus. His statements on taking legal responsibility for the consequences …

KARAPATAN on the recent Senate hearing on Duterte’s drug war Read More »

KARAPATAN condemns the arbitrary arrest of two Southern Tagalog trade union organizers on October 27, 2024. Arrested in Makati City were Gavino Panganiban, Director for Campaigns of the Kilusang Mayo Uno-affiliated Pagkakaisa ng Manggagawa sa Timog Katagalugan (PAMANTIK), and Maritess David, a labor organizer of the Organized Labor Association in Line Industries and Agriculture-Kilusang Mayo …

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Human and women’s rights groups decried the “hypocrisy” of the Marcos Jr. administration in its statements on hosting the International Conference on Women, Peace and Security (ICWPWS) that opens today, October 28, 2024. The groups said that the Marcos Jr. government remains “the number 1 harbinger of violence and unpeace on Filipino women.” Tanggol Bayi, …

PH govt’s women, peace and security agenda, a bane to Filipino women, rights groups say Read More »

KARAPATAN condemns the arbitrary arrest and detention on trumped-up charges of National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant Wigberto Villarico. Villarico was arrested by combined military and police elements led by the Armed Forces of the Philippines Joint Task Force Katagalugan and the Philippine National Police in Barangay Fairview, Quezon City on October …

KARAPATAN decries arbitrary arrest of NDFP peace consultant Wigberto Villarico Read More »

Human rights alliance KARAPATAN called on the House of Representatives’ Quad Committee to take a deep-dive investigation into the bloody trail of funds and police officers responsible for drug-related extrajudicial killings which seems to present leads on the possible perpetrators of the killings of activists and ordinary folks during the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte. The …

Trail of funds, police officers responsible for drug war EJKs lead to possible perpetrators of killings of activists, ordinary folks Read More »