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 …
Human rights alliance Karapatan condemned the conviction today of peace consultant Frank Fernandez and his wife Cleofe Lagtapon on trumped-up charges of illegal possession of firearms by Taguig City Regional Trial Court Branch 266. Fernandez, 75, and Lagtapon, 65, were acquitted of illegal possession of explosives and violation of the election gun ban. Their co-accused …
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Karapatan denounces the latest attempt by State forces to weaponize the draconian Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2022 against political activists and human rights defenders. On June 9, a subpoena was issued by Antipolo City Prosecutor Mari Elvira B. Herrera summoning youth activist Ken Rementilla and church worker Jasmin Rubia to face allegations of violating Section …
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Human rights alliance Karapatan raised concerns on Tuesday regarding the Department of Education’s (DepEd) internal memorandum requesting a list of teachers affiliated with the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), the largest non-traditional teachers’ organization in the Philippines, as the group warned that such moves “strongly endanger the lives and safety of teachers as well as …
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On the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on June 26, Karapatan reiterates its call for an end to torture and condemns the ongoing acts of torture that persist in the Philippines. The use of physical or psychological torture to obtain information, punish, intimidate or coerce, or discriminate is considered …
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Karapatan strongly deplores the brutal killing by operating troops of the Philippine Army 2nd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army of Rey Belan, a 17-year-old farmer from Barangay Calabad, Dimasalang, Masbate, and the subsequent attempt by the soldiers to cover up their evil deed by falsely claiming that Belan was an NPA member killed in …
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The NTF-ELCAC’s minions have threatened to file charges against those who condemned the massacre of the Fausto family in Himamaylan, Negros Occidentall and called on authorities to arrest members of progressive groups out to conduct a fact-finding mission. Such threats and intimidation are obviously frantic attempts to prevent the fact-finding mission from exposing the sordid …
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