Member organization: Karapatan

Marcos Jr. regime: A dismal failure in the field of human rights

The Marcos Jr. regime’s efforts at window-dressing have failed to conceal the sordid human rights situation on the ground. Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s bloody two-year record shows 105 victims of extrajudicial killings, 12 victims of enforced disappearance, 381 victims of illegal arrests, 44,065 victims of bombings, 558 victims of forced or fake surrenders and up to …

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Rights group supports case vs soldiers who charged young activists with terror law

KARAPATAN fully supports the filing of civil and criminal countercharges by four Southern Tagalog activists against 17 soldiers and their paid agents who deliberately gave false statements against them in order to charge them with violation of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). The activists – Hailey Pecayo, Tanggol Batangan spokesperson; Jasmin Rubia, Mothers and Children for …

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SA IKATLONG SONA NI MARCOS JR.: Marcos singilin, Duterte panagutin!

Marcos, singilin! Duterte, panagutin! Ito ang marubdob na panawagan ng mga pamilya ng mga biktima ng extrajudicial killings (EJKs) at iba pang paglabag sa karapatang pantao sa pamamagitan ng Hustisya, ilang araw bago ang ikatlong State of the Nation Address ni Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Naninindigan ang Hustisya na nararapat na singilin si Marcos Jr. sa …

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Former political prisoners demand the release of sick, elderly political prisoners

Days before the 3rd State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on July 22, and as the world commemorates Nelson Mandela International Day today, July 18, the Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) and other rights advocates protested in front of the Department of Justice demanding the …

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Karapatan Monitor for January to June 2024

Stats and Resources / By / January 28, 2026

FERDINAND MARCOS JR.’S RANK HYPOCRISY AND DENIALISM IN THE FACE OF ESCALATING HUMAN RIGHTS AND IHL VIOLATIONS Rank hypocrisy and denialism marked the first six months of 2024 under the Marcos Jr. regime. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delved into his usual tack of distancing himself from the grim reality of human rights violations on the ground, …

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Año, NTF-ELCAC, Duterte should be made accountable for rights violations vs Lumad

For someone who has made it his mission to distort the letter and spirit of the law and weaponize it to persecute human rights defenders, it is the height of absurdity for National Security Adviser Eduardo Año to claim that the unjust conviction of former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo, ACT Partylist Rep. France Castro …

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Former political prisoners denounce unjust conviction of Satur Ocampo, Rep. Castro et.al.

The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) vehemently condemned the unjust and wrongful conviction of former political prisoner and former SELDA National Board member Ka Satur Ocampo by the Davao del Norte Regional Trial Court Branch 2. Ocampo, a former political prisoner under Marcos Sr., endured torture, including severe beatings and electrocution …

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Families of the disappeared laud Cinemalaya film on desaparecidos

Desaparecidos, an organization of families and friends of victims of enforced disappearance in the Philippines, warmly congratulates Jose Luis “JL” Burgos, as his documentary film “Alipato at Muog” (Flying Embers and a Fortress) makes it as a finalist in Cinemalaya 2024’s full length film category. JL, a member of Desaparecidos, is a filmmaker, visual artist …

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JOINT STATEMENT OF KA SATUR OCAMPO AND REP. FRANCE CASTRO

The decision of the Davao del Norte Regional Trial Court Branch 2 wrongfully convicting us, the eight teachers of the Salugpungan Ta ‘Tanu Igkanogon Community Learning Center and the Community Technical College of Southeastern Mindanao, and two from the Alliance of Concerned Teachers, is unacceptable and unjust. This wrongful conviction speaks of the continuing persecution …

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