Member organization: Karapatan

We stand in solidarity with all the women victims of repression

As we mark International Working Women’s Day on March 8, 2023, human rights alliance Karapatan and women human rights defenders of Tanggol Bayi stand in solidarity with all the women victims of repression under the Marcos Jr. regime —especially the political prisoners, the involuntarily disappeared and victims of extrajudicial killings, arrests, torture and abduction. Women …

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Two years after Bloody Sunday, kin of victims still cry for justice

March 7, 2023 marks the second anniversary of the Bloody Sunday incident where nine trade unionists, peasant leaders and indigenous peasants from Southern Tagalog were brutally murdered by the police, while seven others were arrested. On that infamous day, police and military operatives served a total of 24 warrants against unarmed community leaders in the …

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Protecting PH sovereignty does not mean running away from international commitments

The Philippine government must stop playing the so-called “sovereignty” card in its orchestrated effort to shield former President Rodrigo Duterte and other government officials from accountability for the thousands of deaths in connection with its so-called anti-drug war from 2016 onwards. In his latest appearance before the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland …

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Karapatan: Hands off Bishop Alminaza!

Karapatan threw its support behind San Carlos Bishop Gerardo Alminaza after he and other church people were red-tagged during the SMNI television program “Laban Kasama ang Bayan.” Branding him a “mouthpiece of the CPP,” Alminaza was criticized for calling for the resumption of the formal peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front …

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The Filipino people will not relent in our struggle for democracy, human rights and social justice

The 1986 People Power Uprising marked the end of the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos Sr., a regime that was characterized by massive corruption, widespread human rights violations, and unprecedented economic plunder. According to the Human Rights Violations Victims’ Memorial Commission, at least 11,103 individuals had fallen victim to rights violations under the dictatorship. Other estimates …

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BOOK LAUNCH | PANAGLAGIP: The North Remembers – Martial Law Stories of Struggle and Survival

PANAGLAGIP is an anthology of narratives, articles, poems, artwork and testimonies of activists and ordinary people who fought against Marcos Martial Law in Northern Luzon. It includes eye-witness accounts and testimonies of direct experiences with the cruelty of Marcos Martial Law which are, ultimately, stories of struggle and survival of ordinary people who fought against …

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Karapatan calls on CHR to probe abduction of NDFP consultant, provide urgent help to kin

Human rights alliance Karapatan called on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to look into the reported abduction of a consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). The group also asked the commission and the International Committee on the Red Cross (ICRC) to provide urgent assistance to the missing consultant’s family in …

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Karapatan scores bill on special privileges for ex-presidents

Human rights alliance Karapatan scored a bill filed in the Senate that seeks to provide official government roles as well as special privileges to former presidents at the public’s expense. “Senate Bill No. 1784 will benefit three living ex-presidents, all of whom earned infamy for massive corruption, among other scornful acts,” said Karapatan secretary general …

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Draconian policies, infrastructure of impunity are main factors in commission, investigation of EJKs in PH – Karapatan

The infrastructure of impunity and draconian government policies are the main factors in the non-resolution of cases of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines, human rights alliance Karapatan said, as the group commented on the Department of Justice’s statements in relation to the unofficial visit of UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary killings Dr. …

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