The Marcos-Duterte regime has failed miserably in its obligation to comply with the international human rights norms and standards under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Today, on the 75th year of the UDHR, the Filipino people assert the right to hold the regime to account and exact justice for its violations of human rights …
Human rights alliance Karapatan welcomed the statement of the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) on the urgent need for a national torture prevention body in the Philippines that would have the power to access all places of detention in order to prevent torture and other forms of ill treatment. The UN SPT …
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As we observe International Human Rights Day on December 10, commemorating the 75th year of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, we assert that the climate of impunity that shielded Rodrigo Duterte and his subalterns from being held accountable for the killings of activists and suspected drug personalities still rears its ugly head under Ferdinand Marcos …
Karapatan to Marcos Jr.: Stop the killings, justice for the victims Read More »
Rights group Karapatan decries the arbitrary blacklisting and deportation of Edna Becher, a Filipino-Swiss who went to the Philippines to spend the holidays with her family and friends, only to suffer from political persecution from Philippine immigration authorities. Reports reached Karapatan that Becher arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 early evening …
Karapatan decries arbitrary blacklisting, deportation of Filipino-Swiss activist Read More »
Vice President Sara Duterte’s comments against the resumption of peace talks between the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) are no surprise. Since the onset of her term, and even during the campaign period, she has rejected and repudiated peace talks between the two …
Karapatan statement on Vice President Duterte’s statement on the GRP-NDFP peace talks Read More »
In time for the ongoing visit of the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture in the Philippines from December 3 to 14, 2023, human rights alliance Karapatan recommended “an independent, thorough and credible investigation on the policies and practices of State security forces in the country that engender torture and other cruel, degrading and …
Investigate secret detention facilities, torture cases in the Philippines Read More »
Karapatan joined other organizations from the indigenous people, peasants, environmental defenders and church people in calling for a stop to State-sponsored aerial and artillery bombings of communities in the course of the Marcos Jr. regime’s brutal counter-insurgency war as well as other grave violations of human rights and International Humanitarian Law (IHL). The protesting organizations …
Abolish NTF-ELCAC, stop State-sponsored bombings and IHL violations! Read More »
Karapatan condemns the bombing at the Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City yesterday, December 3, 2023, that killed at least four persons and injured scores of others. We offer our sympathies to the victims and their families. Attacks on civilians in schools during a religious service are unacceptable. An independent, thorough and evidence-based investigation …
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Human rights alliance Karapatan and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) kicks off the ten-day commemoration of International Human Rights Day with a press conference, with victims-survivors of human rights violations and those coming from communities under attack presenting their views on the current human rights situation in the country. Joining the panel are environmental activists and …
Karapatan renewed its call on the Marcos Jr. government to stop the political persecution of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP), as the RMP braced for another hearing today, November 30, 2023, on the criminal and civil forfeiture cases it is facing for alleged violation of Republic Act No. 10168 or the Terrorism Financing …
Stop the political persecution of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines! Read More »
