Human rights alliance Karapatan called on the Commission on Human Rights, especially in its capacity as the Gender and Development Ombud mandated by the Magna Carta of Women, to thoroughly investigate allegations of abductions of and violations on International Humanitarian Law against two pregnant New People’s Army fighters allegedly being held in custody by the …
Human rights alliance Karapatan deplored the Marcos Jr. government’s latest appointments for secretary of the Department of National Defense (DND) and chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG of the Philippine National Police, saying their sordid records bode ill for the future of human rights in the country. Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay …
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Karapatan welcomes the dismissal of the perjury case against the national officers and human rights defenders of Karapatan, Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) and Gabriela. This is a victory of truth and justice, against lies and enemies of the people who instigated this form of judicial harassment against us, after our efforts to seek …
After the NTF-ELCAC was created by virtue of Executive Order No. 70 on December 4,2018, the red-tagging and de facto terrorist designation of Karapatan intensified, precedingincidents of death threats, surveillance, arrests and extrajudicial killings of its members.More information on these rights violations through this link:https://www.karapatan.org/STOP+THE+ATTACKS+AGAINST+HUMAN+RIGHTS+DEFENDERS%21 Karapatan and the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) filed …
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Human rights alliance Karapatan assailed the conviction of Baguio-based Rappler correspondent Frank Cimatu for cyberlibel. Cimatu’s cyberlibel case which was filed by former Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol stemmed from a 2017 Facebook post where Cimatu wrote “Agri sec got rich by P21-M in 6 months. Bird flu pa more.” Cimatu’s post was based on a …
Human rights alliance Karapatan welcomed the granting of bail to Reina Mae Nasino, Ram Carlo Bautista, and Alma Moran, collectively known as the Tondo 3, but urged the court to reduce the amount, saying the bail required is excessive. In an order dated December 12, 2022, Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 47 Judge Paulino Gallegos …
Human rights alliance Karapatan slammed the prevalence of injustice and the rising number of extrajudicial killings under the administration of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte, as various groups marked International Human Rights Day through protest actions and other activities nationwide. Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said the group has documented at least 17 cases …
“The widespread opposition of the people should be enough reason for legislators to pull out the Maharlika wealth fund bill now, or they will definitely face public uproar over this brazen attempt to rake out public funds to advance their self-serving interests,” said Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay, as the group joined calls against the …
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Dear friends, We are releasing this statement by 64 organizations and 3 individuals on the judicial harassment against national leaders of Karapatan, the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines and Gabriela, in relation to the upcoming promulgation of the case of perjury filed by former National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon, Jr. at the Metropolitan Trial Court …
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In a protest action at the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency office on the 4th year of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), human rights alliance Karapatan reiterated its call for the abolition of the task force and slammed the bicameral conference committee for restoring the cuts to NTF-ELCAC’s PhP10-billion budget …
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