A human rights activist charged with indirect contempt by a private lawyer has filed a motion to dismiss the complaint before the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 206. Calling the indirect contempt charges “frivolous,” Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said that she seeks the court’s immediate dismissal of the said charges against her, former Sen. …
Nothing. In his SONA today, Marcos Jr. has literally said nothing to address significant civil and political rights issues besetting the Filipino people today. Nothing on the International Criminal Court and the significance of the complaint on crimes against humanity in the Philippines. Nothing on the extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, arrests and detention, in the …
Corruption, impunity, myth-making and distortions of history. These words come to mind in describing Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s first year of presidency, as he delivers his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) today. Just days before Marcos Jr.’s SONA, we have been confronted with the bad news of another ill-gotten wealth case against the Marcoses …
The dismissal of the motion for reconsideration filed by Rosenda Lemita, mother of slain Chai Lemita-Evangelista who is among the victims of killings during the Bloody Sunday incidents in Southern Tagalog, by Justice Department’s panel of prosecutors is another proof of the Marcos Jr. regime’s disinterest and even contempt for justice and accountability in the …
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Human rights alliance Karapatan slammed the renewed judicial harassment against Filipino human rights defenders as well as attacks on the integrity and independence of judges, as its officers – Cristina Palabay, Roneo Clamor, Dr. Edita Burgos, Gabriela Krista Dalena, Fr. Wilfredo Ruazol, and Jose Mari Callueng – filed their joint comment today, July 20, 2023, …
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Human rights alliance Karapatan welcomes the recent decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) rejecting the Philippine government’s motion to stop the ICC’s investigation into drug war-related killings in Davao City and under former president Rodrigo Duterte’s regime. It is high time that the ICC investigation proceeds without a hitch so that the victims of …
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July 17, 2023 Human rights alliance Karapatan denounced the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ bombings of rural communities in the course of its counter-insurgency campaign, saying that these have resulted in massive physical and economic displacement among civilians. Karapatan cited the series of indiscriminate bombings and strafing by the 94th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine …
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Karapatan views with utmost concern the issuance by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of Executive Order 33 directing government agencies to adopt the National Anti-Money Laundering, Counter-Terrorism Financing, and Counter Proliferation Financing Strategy (NACS) 2023-2027, a directive with the purported objective to ensure that the Philippines exits from a “grey list” of countries compiled by the …
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Karapatan denounces the baseless and arbitrary designation by the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) of six persons, including Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) chairperson Windel Bolinget and CPA leaders Jennifer Awingan, Sarah Abellon-Alikes and Stephen Tauli as “terrorist individuals,” in the ATC’s Resolution No. 41 approved on June 7, 2023 and published yesterday, July 10, 2023. This is …
After a year in power, Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has proven to be virtually indistinguishable from his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte. Extrajudicial killings (EJKs) have not only continued, the policies that spur them are firmly in place. Marcos Jr. continues to implement Duterte’s 2017-2022 National Security Policy that has engendered counter-insurgency programs and policies that resulted …
