Human rights alliance Karapatan condemned the brutal killing of Benito Tiamzon, peacetalks panel member of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, NDFP peace consultant Wilma Austria-Tiamzon, and eight companions. The Tiamzons’ death along with eight others on August 21, 2022 was confirmed in a special issue of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) …
Human rights alliance Karapatan raised concerns over the safety of Eric Jun Casilao, a declared peace consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines and the brother of former Anakpawis Rep. Ariel Casilao, who was reportedly detained at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport over the weekend. Casilao, who was arrested en route to Malaysia …
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Duterte term-ender report – Rodrigo Duterte and His Crass Legacy of Mass Murder and State TerrorThe Rodrigo Duterte regime ended in June 2022, in what seemed to be the longest six years in the recent history of the people’s movement’s advancement of human rights and justice in the Philippines.Duterte had left an indelible legacy of …
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Human rights alliance Karapatan dismissed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) gloating statement over the recent conviction of a former staff of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) by an Iligan City court for alleged terrorist financing. Angelie Magdua, a former cashier of the RMP, was reportedly convicted by Iligan City Regional Trial Court Branch …
Human rights alliance Karapatan decried the latest decision from the Department of Justice (DOJ) absolving the 17 policemen accused in the murder of activist couple Ariel Evangelista and Ana Mariz “Chai” Evangelista. Ariel and Chai Evangelista were among the nine individuals slain in a region-wide dragnet by the Philippine National Police in several Southern Tagalog …
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Human rights alliance Karapatan called on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to help in the efforts to locate, surface and ensure the safety of two volunteers from Sugarfolks Unity for Genuine Agricultural Reform (SUGAR)-Batangas who were reported abducted by unidentified armed men around 3:00 p.m. on March 26, 2023. Sugar workers Alfred Manalo and …
Surface sugar workers Alfred Manalo and Lloyd Descallar – Karapatan Read More »
We did not expect much from the Philippine government at the adoption of the recommendations made during the 4th Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on the human rights situation in the country here in Geneva last November 2022. But we were nonetheless astounded by the barefaced lies it presented at the ongoing 52nd Regular Session of …
Geneva, Switzerland – The Philippine government’s response to the numerous concerns of United Nations (UN) member states about the human rights situation in the country confirms that rights violations are likely to continue under the new Marcos Jr administration. In a plenary session, the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) today (Monday, March 27) adopted the …
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Rights group Karapatan, local and international lawyers, and an abduction survivor belied assertions by Philippine government that the human rights situation in the Philippines has improved under the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. administration. In an oral statement at the ongoing 52nd Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva Switzerland, Karapatan secretary …
Groups, victim to UN: No justice, no peace under Marcos Jr. government Read More »
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor urged the Philippine government to legislate the Human Rights Defenders Protection Bill as a show of its commitment to human rights treaties and standards. In a side event at the ongoing 52nd Regular Season of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland …
