Member organization: Karapatan

“Simply doublespeak,” said KARAPATAN secretary general Cristina Palabay in reaction to the Justice Department officials’ pronouncements when asked by UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion Irene Khan if red-tagging is a policy of the Philippine government. “We are aghast when the DOJ said that it has sufficient mechanisms to address red-tagging. What …

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“The lack of political will, and the extreme delay in bringing to justice the killers of slain broadcaster Gerry Ortega, and in other victims of extrajudicial killings, are now on the Marcos Jr. administration,” said rights group Karapatan, as they joined environmental activists, human rights defenders and press freedom advocates in commemorating the 13th year …

Lack of political will, extreme delay in delivery of justice for Doc Gerry Ortega, other EJK victims now on the Marcos Jr. administration — Karapatan Read More »

“Our abduction and disappearance, as well as the experiences of the many victims of fake surrender, are testament to the policy and practice of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in stifling freedoms and violating the rights of the people. To advocate for freedom of expression and opinion is to …

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“The Ferdinand Marcos Jr. administration’s counter-insurgency program violates the Filipino people’s freedom of expression and opinion,” said Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay, in a meeting yesterday, January 23, 2024, of human rights and people’s organizations with UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Irene Khan. …

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“Stop the fakery and cut the show,” thus said rights group KARAPATAN after the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that the visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion in the country shows the Philippine government’s “open, sustained and sincere cooperation…with bilateral and regional partners and the …

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The military’s announcement of the creation of the AFP Cyber Security Group under the Civil Relations Service days before the arrival in the country of UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression Irene Kahn is a laughable, if not desperate, attempt to portray itself as the victim rather than the perpetrator of systematic cyber-attacks against …

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Whether reports of the presence of investigators from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Philippines is true or not, Karapatan reiterates its call to the ICC prosecutors to conclude their investigation with dispatch and formally indict former president Rodrigo Duterte and his co-conspirators for their responsibility in the bloody war on drugs. The Filipino …

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“The situation is bleak, if not worse, especially with the ongoing and persistent attacks against journalists, artists, members of the academe, freedom of expression advocates and the people, in general, due to their critical views and opinions on the current state of affairs in the Philippines,” said Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay, regarding statements made …

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