September 9, 2023 Karapatan condemns in the strongest possible terms the abduction and disappearance of Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano, two young environmental defenders who went missing in Barangay Lati, Orion, Bataan on the night of September 2, 2023. We view with grave concern the growing number of the involuntarily disappeared under the current regime. …
Photo from CNN Philippines September 8, 2023 Karapatan calls on lawmakers to push for an increased and substantial budget for the Commission on Human Rights to be able to perform its mandate in the protection of human rights in the Philippines, as we express our disappointment with the news that in the face of growing …
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September 7, 2023 Karapatan denounces the Anti-Terrorism Act (Republic Act No. 11479) and the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act (Republic Act No. 10168) as martial law instruments constituting grave attacks against the Filipino people’s democratic and civil rights, and demands their repeal. Among the most alarming aspects of these laws are provisions that allow …
Photo from X/@johnpeterangelo September 4, 2023 Karapatan denounces the vicious weaponization of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), particularly against young activists and human rights defenders in Southern Tagalog. The latest victim is John Peter Angelo “Jpeg” Garcia, a nominee for University Student Regent from the University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB) and current chair of the …
September 2, 2023 Karapatan denounces the indecent haste with which the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations terminated the deliberations on the proposed budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP), citing “parliamentary courtesy”. After a 10-minute audio-visual presentation by Vice President Sara Duterte, Senior Deputy Majority Leader Sandro Marcos immediately moved to end …
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Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat September 1, 2023 The “whole of nation approach” of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) is nothing more than a direct subversion of the concept of the supremacy of the role of citizens and civilian authority over the government’s militarist goals and means. It is plain …
Photo by Lucky Dela Rosa/Philippine Collegian Human rights alliance Karapatan assailed the Marcos Jr. regime for increasingly targeting civilians in its counter-insurgency drive. “In the past four weeks,” said Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay, “we have received reports on the extrajudicial killings of at least four civilians in two separate incidents in Sarangani province and Masbate.” …
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Activists, friends and kin of the involuntarily disappeared massed up at the Court of Appeals building in Manila this Tuesday to mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Led by Desaparecidos, an organization of families and friends of victims of involuntary disappearance, the gathering served as a stark reminder of the continuing …
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“The attempt of former National Security Adviser Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. and Gen. Eduardo Año, NTF-ELCAC co-vice chair and current security adviser, to pursue the judicial harassment against Karapatan through this trumped-up and malicious charges of perjury is a desperate act intended to hound human rights defenders. Sa madaling salita, tirang pikon itong ginagawa nila,” said …
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Photo by Charie Abarca/Inquirer.net “The killing of 15-year-old John Frances Ompad on August 20 by a policeman is the second in a row this month,” said Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay. On August 2, 2023, 17-year-old Jemboy Baltazar was killed by policemen in Navotas City in a supposed case of mistaken identity. Ompad’s 19-year-old brother …
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