Member organization: Karapatan

“All lies and delusions” Karapatan Central Visayas slams of PTFOMS on “satisfactory” state of freedom of expression and HR in the region

Karapatan Central Visayas slams the lies and delusions declared by Atty. Hue Jyro Go, Chief of Staff for the Presidential Task Force on Media Security, during their meeting with UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan yesterday last January 29. The people’s growing movement is in stark contrast to what the fascist institution parroted. The Police Regional …

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Environmental activists Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro write to UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan

Dear friends, We are sharing this letter by environmental activists Jhed Reiyanna Tamano and Jonila Castro to the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression Irene Khan. Please see attached copy as well as the inline text of the letter below. Thank you very much. Karapatan Public Information Desk Dear Ms. Irene Khan, …

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Charges vs green activists Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro, an attack on freedom of expression – Karapatan

“We deplore the Department of Justice’s resolution to press grave oral defamation charges against environmental defenders Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro. This is an attack on freedom of expression in the country, where victims of rights violations are persecuted for speaking the truth,” said Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay on what they called as another …

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Kin of victims of rights violations, abduction survivors in Visayas to Special Rapporteur Khan: Justice is elusive under the Marcos Jr. regime

Relatives of slain activists and a mother of a detained political prisoner, along with abduction survivors and union organizers April Dyan Gumanao and Armand Dayoha and leaders of people’s organizations, met with UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan today in Cebu, as they pointed out the role of State security forces, including the NTF-ELCAC, in the …

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KARAPATAN on the Marcos-Duterte brawl and the people’s struggle for genuine change

The much-vaunted UniTeam of the Marcoses and Dutertes is crumbling, with both camps exchanging charges and insults in yesterday’s stand-off rallies at the Quirino Grandstand and in Davao City. On the surface, the great divide between the two warring factions is charter change (cha-cha), with the Marcos Jr. administration pushing to amend the 1987 Constitution …

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KARAPATAN lauds UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan for visiting political prisoners in Tacloban City Jail

“We are grateful that UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression Irene Khan was able to visit three political prisoners – campus journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, KARAPATAN human rights worker Alexander Philip Abinguna, and Rural Missionaries of the Philippines staff Marielle Domequil – in Tacloban City Jail today. Their unjust arrest and detention, …

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Marcos Jr.’s NTF-ELCAC, NSP pose grave dangers on freedom of expression, rights

“No amount of posturing and lies by the Marcos Jr. administration, the NTF-ELCAC and all other operators of its counter-insurgency program, can hide the dire violations of freedom of opinion and expression and the sordid human rights situation under his National Security Policy,” said Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay, a day after UN Special Rapporteur …

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Increased use of terror law vs indigenous, environmental defenders in PH sets stage for more repression

The terrorist designation of four Cordillera human rights defenders as well as the filing of charges under Republic Act No. 11479 or the “Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020” against two women environmental defenders in Southern Tagalog, among many other numerous consecutive reported cases on the use of the terror law, sets a dangerous precedent to more …

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