Human rights alliance Karapatan deplores the unjust verdict by Judge Judge Jimmy Boco of Tagum City Regional Trial Court, Branch 2 of 18 members of a humanitarian mission for “child abuse”. In a decision, Judge Boco issued the verdict against former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo, ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro and 10 others …
Karapatan assails unjust verdict vs Ka Satur, Rep. France and Talaingod 18 Read More »
National Security Adviser Eduardo Año is a fine one to talk as he lobbies for billions of pesos more for the warmonger National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and brands their enemies as “peace spoilers.” The fact is that with the NTF-ELCAC and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in …
KARAPATAN welcomed the release of the last of the 57 Negros activists detained on the basis of a defective search warrant issued by Quezon City Executive Judge Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert in 2019. Imelda Sultan, a local leader of the National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) in Escalante City, was arrested on November 1, 2019 with NFSW …
Former political prisoners represented by SELDA (Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto) today submitted a letter addressed to Commission on Human Rights Chairperson Richard Palpal-latoc, urging the CHR to monitor the cases and advocate for the immediate release of sick and elderly political prisoners, as well as those who are facing trumped …
KARAPATAN stands firmly in solidarity with the 18 members of a humanitarian mission conducted in 2018 who have been unjustly charged with acts of child abuse. Collectively known as the Talaingod 18, the members of the humanitarian mission participated in by former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo, ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro, and four …
KARAPATAN decried the stepped up harassment inflicted by State security forces on human rights defenders in Central Luzon and Negros. In Central Luzon, tarpaulins addressed to Karapatan-Central Luzon coordinator Pia Montalban were hung in at least three provinces — Pampanga, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija — accusing her and KARAPATAN of being the recruiters of ten …
Dear friends, We are sharing with you this open letter by the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) – Canada addressed to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on the immediate release of detained labor organizer Ernesto Jude Rimando Jr. Best regards, KARAPATAN Public Information Desk AN OPEN LETTERTo President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.RE: …
Geneva, Switzerland — Philippine UPR Watch conveners namely the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) and KARAPATAN, thru the Philippine UPR Watch, have asked four UN Special Rapporteurs – on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, on freedom of opinion and expression, on freedom of peaceful assembly and …
Filipino rights defenders to UN experts: Look into use of terror laws vs dev’t workers Read More »
Today marks the fourth year of Republic Act No. 11479 or the Anti-Terror Act (ATA) of 2020. Since its enactment, the terror law, along with its evil twin, Republic Act No. 10168 or the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012 have been weaponized to criminalize dissent and demonize activists. To date, more than …
Geneva, Switzerland — Filipino civil society representatives from the Philippine UPR Watch today lauded the report of the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Climate Change on the mandate’s country visit to the Philippines. The report was presented at the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council Session in Geneva, Switzerland. According to the …
