KARAPATAN decried Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s Executive Order 110 declaring an “energy emergency” as an “inutile measure” that will not bring relief to Filipinos hit hard by the economic crisis spawned by US imperialist aggression in West Asia. Marcos Jr.’s latest executive order, said KARAPATAN secretary general Cristina Palabay, is nothing but PR gimmickry and is …
KARAPATAN slams inutile national energy emergency exec order Read More »
The year 2025 would be remembered in Philippine history as one where massive corruption involving multiple tiers of the government bureaucracy shook the ruling system to its very core. This corruption scandal fueled massive public outrage manifested in gigantic protests on a scale unprecedented in almost a decade. So extensive were the exposés that more …
2025 Karapatan Year-End Report on the Human Rights Situation in the Philippines Read More »
Sa gitna ng walang kapantay na pagtaas ng presyo ng langis, nakikiisa ang KARAPATAN sa iba’t ibang sektor ng lipunan sa panawagang ibasura ang Value Added Tax (VAT) sa lahat ng produkto at serbisyo, gayundin ang excise tax sa langis. Ang VAT ay ipinatupad noong 1986 bilang bahagi ng “structural adjustment program” na ipinataw ng …
KARAPATAN human rights alliance denounced human rights violations, including possible cases of enforced disappearance, in relation to the reported simultaneous police and military operations in Tarlac City and Quezon City in the early morning of March 11, 2026 that led to the arrest and detention of ten individuals. Arrested from a house in Barangay Baras-Baras, …
Rights group denounces HR violations in mil, police ops in Tarlac, QC Read More »
Sa unang anibersaryo ng pagkakaaresto at detensyon ni Rodrigo Duterte sa International Criminal Court (ICC), muling nanawagan ang KARAPATAN sa ICC na kumpirmahin ang mga sakdal laban kay Duterte at tumuloy sa paglilitis. Muli rin itong nanawagan na arestuhin na lahat ng mga kasabwat ni Duterte sa madugong gera kontra-droga para mapanagot na rin sila. …
Ang KARAPATAN at Tanggol Bayi, isang organisasyon ng kababaihang tagapagtanggol ng karapatang pantao, ay sumasaludo sa kababaihang nakikibaka sa okasyon ng Pandaigdigang Araw ng Kababaihan 2026. Ang paggunita ngayong taon ng Pandaigdigang Araw ng Kababaihan ay nagpapatingkad ng napakaraming usaping bumabayo sa kababaihang Pilipino, laluna yaong mula sa masang anakpawis. Nagaganap ito sa gitna ng …
Pahayag ng KARAPATAN at Tanggol Bayi sa Pandaigdigang Araw ng Kababaihan 2026 Read More »
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Uprising this 25th of February 2026, the Filipino people mark the ouster of the Marcos Sr. dictatorship, infamous both for fascist tyranny and for being a kleptocracy. The Marcos Sr. regime notoriously earned a Guinness World Record for “the greatest robbery of a …
KARAPATAN Statement on the 40th anniversary of EDSA People Power 1 Read More »
KARAPATAN human rights alliance urges the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to confirm the charges of murder and attempted murder against Rodrigo Duterte so that the proceedings could soon move on to the trial stage. Duterte’s defense team has been filing motion after motion, all designed to delay and derail the …
KARAPATAN human rights alliance assailed the court’s denial of bail to community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and development worker Marielle Domequil. Frenchie Mae and Marielle were arrested with three others—human rights worker Alexander Philip Abinguna, Bayan Muna-Eastern Visayas staff Mira Legion and People Surge spokesperson Marissa Cabaljao—on February 7, 2020, in Tacloban City. Their arrest …
Rights group denounces denial of bail for Frenchie Mae Cumpio and Marielle Domequil Read More »
Human rights alliance KARAPATAN and alternative media groups marked the sixth year since the arrest and detention of the five activists in Tacloban City, in a protest in front of the Department of Justice as they denounced the continued detention of community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and humanitarian worker Marielle Domequil, who were unjustly convicted …
