Agosto 19, 2022 nang dukutin at paslangin ng mga elemento ng 2nd Infantry Battalion ng Philippine Army (IBPA) ang magpinsan na sina Mario Espereguerra at Renante Capareno sa Sitio Guintariban, Brgy. Piña, San Jacinto, Ticao, Masbate. Mariing kinukundena ng Hustisya (Pagkakaisa ng mga Biktima para sa Hustisya) ang rehimeng Marcos Jr. dahil dalawang taon na …
KARAPATAN condemns the mounting human rights violations in civilian communities where soldiers conducting so-called focused military operations have had a prolonged presence. In San Jose del Monte (SJDM), Bulacan, troops of the 80th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (IBPA) have been conducting saturation drives for the past two months against residents of Barangays San …
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August is commemorated in the Philippines as International Humanitarian Law (IHL) month. Yet some of the most horrific violations of IHL have occurred in the month of August. On August 19, 2022, Benito Tiamzon, a member of the National Democratic Front (NDFP) negotiating panel, and Wilma Austria-Tiamzon, an NDFP consultant, were intercepted in Catbalogan, Samar …
Karapatan condemns the violent dispersal of a rally held by delegates to the 57th General Assembly of Student Councils (GASC) held on August 16, 2024 a few meters outside the University of the Philippines (UP) campus in Tacloban City. The students demanded academic freedom, a stop to the militarization of UP Tacloban, and the release …
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Mariing kinukundina ng Hustisya, organisasyon ng mga kaanak ng biktima ng extrajudicial killings at iba pang paglabag sa karapatang pantao, ang kasalukuyang rehimen ni Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sa kawalan nito ng aksyon para seryoso at lubusang panagutin si Rodrigo Duterte sa malawakang pamamaslang at paglabag sa karapatang pantao sa panahon ng panunungkulan nito bilang pangulo …
Pahayag ng Hustisya sa ika-4 na taon matapos ang pagpaslang kay Zara Alvarez Read More »
It is four years to the day since Zara Alvarez was gunned down in Bacolod City, the 13th human rights worker from Karapatan to have been killed under the Duterte regime. A fierce and dedicated human rights worker, Zara had been jailed on trumped-up charges which were eventually dismissed, red-tagged by a vigilante group with …
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Today marks the seventh year since the killings of Kian delos Santos, Carl Arnaiz and Reynaldo “Kulot” de Guzman. The three youths were killed on August 16 and 18, 2017 in Caloocan City at the height of the Duterte regime’s bloody anti-drug war. Their cases stand out among the tens of thousands of drug war-related …
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Karapatan denounced attempts by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in cahoots with the Philippine National Police to derail Makabayan senatorial candidate Liza Maza’s formal announcement of her electoral bid. Maza was scheduled to announce her candidacy before Makabayan constituents and other residents of vote-rich Caloocan City but was denied …
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Karapatan condemns the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) for threatening to charge Cavite-based student activist Paolo Tarra for violating the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 on baseless claims that he is recruiting the youth for the New People’s Army. The NTF-ELCAC’s threats against Tarra is the latest harassment inflicted on the …
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KARAPATAN condemns the arrest last August 13, 2024 of the former secretary general of its Southern Mindanao chapter, Jayvee “Jay” Apiag. Apiag was arrested in Digos City and is currently being held at the Buhangin Police Station in Davao City. Apiag is reportedly facing six trumped-up cases — four for attempted murder in the cities …
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