Member organization: Karapatan

CHR findings on redtagging bolster call for the abolition of NTF-ELCAC, junking of terror laws

KARAPATAN welcomes the recently publicized findings and recommendations of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) nationwide public inquiry conducted on red-tagging, which affirmed the widespread, harmful and dangerous consequences of red-tagging on people’s lives, liberty and security, especially those exercising their right to dissent, to expression, assembly and association. Although the inquiry report falls short …

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KARAPATAN slams US Embassy alert as “Red-Tagging Playbook” following Negros 19 ​massacre

KARAPATAN lambasted a security alert from the US Embassy issued after two American citizens were among 19 persons killed in a military attack in Toboso, Negros Occidental on April 19, 2026, saying it sounded like it was straight out of a red- and terror-tagging playbook. KARAPATAN national council member Raoul Manuel noted that the alert …

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KARAPATAN: Drone video footage of Fabillar, killing of minors in Negros expose grave human rights and IHL violations

Recent reports on a video drone footage indicating that slain New People’s Armyleader Roger Fabillar was alive and possibly rendered hors de combat during the incident, as well as the killing of two minors, ages 15 and 17 years old, further expose the chilling massacre of 19 individuals in Toboso, Negros Occidental. “Marcos’s Armed Forces …

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KARAPATAN: Drone video footage of Fabillar, killing of minors in Negros expose grave human rights and IHL violations

Recent reports on a video drone footage indicating that slain New People’s Army leader Roger Fabillar was alive and possibly rendered hors de combat during the incident, as well as the killing of two minors, ages 15 and 17 years old, further expose the chilling massacre of 19 individuals in Toboso, Negros Occidental. “Marcos’s Armed …

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KARAPATAN ON THE CONFIRMATION OF MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES VS DUTERTE

The International Criminal Court’s confirmation of murder and attempted charges against former President Rodrigo Duterte is the most recent vindication of the Filipino people’s efforts to uphold and pursue justice and accountability for the killings of thousands under Duterte’s bloody regime. As human rights advocates, we witnessed the mass murder of poor Filipinos in the …

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Karapatan lauds ICC decision on court’s jurisdiction vs Duterte

A win for justice. KARAPATAN welcomes the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber denying the appeal of former President Rodrigo Duterte that questioned the ICC’s jurisdiction over crimes against humanity filed against Rodrigo Duterte. The ICC Appeals Chamber upheld a previous ruling stating that the ICC retains jurisdiction over crimes already being …

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“Safer cities” arrests, a crackdown on the poor amidst deepening economic and political crisis — KARAPATAN

Human rights alliance KARAPATAN strongly condemned the directive of Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Sec. Jonvic Remulla to the Philippine National Police to conduct arrests in line with its “Safer Cities Initiatives,” calling it a “crackdown against the poor.” Remulla’s directive, under the DILG’s “Safer Cities Initiative,” includes intensified enforcement of ordinances …

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