Member organization: Karapatan

KARAPATAN to Marcos Jr. admin: Stop the fakery on human rights situation in PH

“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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Karapatan urge ICC prosecutors to conclude investigations, indict Duterte

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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Karapatan: Respect for rights, freedoms in PH bleak, not “vibrant”

“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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PISTON-No to PUV Phaseout

KARAPATAN supports jeepney drivers, operators vs Marcos Jr.’s phase-out scheme

KARAPATAN stands in solidarity with the thousands of jeepney drivers and operators in their struggle against the Marcos Jr. regime’s campaign to phase out jeepneys as a form of cheap mass transport. The scheme, which masquerades as a transport modernization program, will demolish the livelihoods of up to 25,000 jeepney operators and 60,000 jeepney drivers. …

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#FightToExpress: UN Special Rapporteur urged to investigate dangerous pattern of violations on freedom of expression under Marcos, Duterte

A week before UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion Irene Khan embarks on an official visit in the Philippines, rights group KARAPATAN joined journalists, artists, members of the academe and freedom of expression advocates in urging Ms. Khan to investigate the dangerous patterns on violations on the people’s freedom of expression and …

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Karapatan scores QC prosecutor’s dismissal of Castro’s complaint vs Duterte

Karapatan deplores the dismissal by the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office of ACT Teachers’ Partylist Rep. France Castro’s complaint of grave threats against former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte. In dismissing the complaint, the prosecutor claimed that Duterte was not serious in hurling death threats against Castro and was merely joking. To receive such threats from Duterte, however, …

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KARAPATAN: Current cha-cha bid is detrimental to people’s rights

Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s minions who are deadset on doing his bidding to change the 1987 Philippine Constitution have unleashed a “people’s initiative” after attempts at charter change (cha-cha) last year via the usual avenues of constitutional convention or constitutional assembly were unsuccessful. The “people’s initiative,” which has been tagged as “politicians’ initiative,” is seen as …

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UN Special Rapporteurs raise concerns on rights violations committed in PH using terror laws, counterinsurgency measures

Human rights alliance Karapatan welcomes the public issuance by six United Nations special rapporteurs led by UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights while Countering Terrorism Fionnuala Ni Aoláin of their communications sent on October 23, 2023 to the Marcos Jr. government calling attention to human rights violations committed in the course of implementing the Anti-Terrorism …

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