Photo from AlterMidya September 19, 2023 Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano have spoken the truth, despite the coerced situation that they are in – they have declared they were abducted by the military, that they did not surrender and they were held inside a military camp, under pressure and under duress, making all the claims …
September 16, 2023 Today’s press conference by the National Task Force to End Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) confirms what we have been stated as a stark possibility — that State actors are involved in the disappearance of Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano, two environmental activists who were reported missing …
Photo from the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers September 15, 2023 Karapatan condemns the brutal killing of a woman lawyer in Abra yesterday afternoon. Atty. Saniata Alzate was shot dead by gunmen riding in tandem on a motorcycle while she was in her car that was parked in front of her house in Bangued, Abra. …
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Photo from Office of the Ombudsman/Facebook September 12, 2023 Karapatan views with grave concern Ombudsman Samuel Martires’ statements in yesterday’s budget deliberations which call for greater opaqueness rather than transparency in government transactions. This, at a time when we are being buffeted by reports of graft, massive corruption in high places and misuse and abuse …
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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 …
