Human rights alliance KARAPATAN called on the governments of Germany and the Czech Republic to raise grave concerns on the dire lack of accountability in the cases of extrajudicial killings, including that of Karapatan paralegal Zara Alvarez, and the continuing killings in the Philippines under the current administration, during the state visits of President Ferdinand …
GENEVA, Switzerland—A pastor of the United Methodist Church (UMC) in the Philippines delivered an oral statement at the ongoing 55th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in this city narrating harassment against her by the Philippine government. At the UNHRC’s interactive dialogues on the report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion …
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Dear friends, We are sharing with you KARAPATAN’s 2023 Year-End Report on the Human Rights Situation in the Philippines. After a year and a half in power, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has more and more epitomized the fascist and terrorist nature of his rule. On the one hand, he presents a carefully cultivated “presidential” image, never …
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After a year and a half in power, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has more and more epitomized the fascist and terrorist nature of his rule. On the one hand, he presents a carefully cultivated “presidential” image, never delving into his regime’s sordid human rights record. He has gone on several trips abroad in an obvious effort …
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KARAPATAN takes exception to statements by Philippine government representatives at the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland regarding the supposed reforms that it has undertaken to uphold human rights and its plans to establish a human rights coordinating council. If it isn’t crass hypocrisy, it is plain and simple window-dressing. …
KARAPATAN takes exception to statements by Philippine government representatives at the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland regarding the supposed reforms that it has undertaken to uphold human rights and its plans to establish a human rights coordinating council. If it isn’t crass hypocrisy, it is plain and simple window-dressing. …
In the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. manages to personally avoid incisive questions regarding the grave human rights violations and the plunder of government coffers under his father’s brutal martial law regime. He has subordinates to take the heat for him and attack dogs from the NTF-ELCAC (National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict) …
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Yesterday, March 7, 2024, KARAPATAN, through its legal counsel, was notified by the Office of the Solicitor General that it intends to appeal the decision of Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 84 Judge Luisito Cortez upholding the acquittal of ten human rights defenders of Karapatan, the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines and Gabriela on …
On the continuing judicial harassment vs Karapatan, RMP and Gabriela officers Read More »
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, we renew the call for the release of all political prisoners, including women political prisoners. As of December 31, 2023, there are 799 political prisoners, 164 of whom are women. These courageous women, all of them activists fighting for women’s rights and the people’s democratic interests, have been …
Three years after the Bloody Sunday raids of March 7, 2021, justice remains beyond the victims’ grasp. The Bloody Sunday police and military raids saw simultaneous early morning operations in Cavite, Batangas, Rizal and Laguna, ostensibly to serve warrants on 24 individuals. The raids resulted in the extrajudicial killings of nine activists and the illegal …
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