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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The decision of the Court of Appeals’ former Special 8th Division disregarded the basic rights of environmental rights defenders Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano, as well as the continuing threats to life, liberty and security, in dismissing their plea for legal protection via their petition for the privilege of the writ of amparo and habeas …
The Samahan ng Ex-detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners, appealed to ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro, Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Arlene Brosas and Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raoul Manuel to support an increase in the budget allocation for Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) in the 2025 General Appropriations …
Former political prisoners appeal to Congress to hike PDLs’ food, medicine budgets Read More »
KARAPATAN expresses grave concern over reports that the bodies of six members of the New People’s Army (NPA) who died in an alleged gunbattle in Iloilo on August 8, 2024 bore marks of torture. According to the group’s Panay chapter, the bodies had large and small punctures in the chest, fractured arms and extensive bruising …
Today marks International Humanitarian Law (IHL) day. Commemorating IHL is especially significant in the Philippines because of the growing cases of IHL violations being perpetrated by the Marcos Jr. regime in the course of its counter-insurgency war. As of June 30, 2024, there have been 105 extrajudicial killings committed by state security forces, with the …
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Ngayong Agosto 10, 2024 ay apat na taon nang walang hustisya at walang napananagot sa karumal-dumal na pagpaslang kay Ka Randall Echanis. Mariing kinukundena ng Hustisya ang rehimeng Marcos Jr., ang AFP, PNP at lahat ng kasapakat sa pagpaslang kay Ka Randall. Ang apat na taong kawalan ng hustisya ay sumasalamin sa tuluy-tuloy na pagsupil …
Pahayag ng Hustisya sa ika-4 na anibersaryo ng pagpaslang kay Ka Randall Echanis Read More »
Today marks the fourth anniversary of the brutal killing of National Democratic Front of the Philippines consultant and agrarian reform advocate Randall Echanis. At the time of his killing, Ka Randall, 72, also chaired the Anakpawis partylist group. Ka Randall was killed while recovering from an illness in his rented apartment in Novaliches, Quezon City. …
No justice for peace consultant Randy Echanis, other EJK victims under Duterte Read More »
