Member organization: Karapatan

On the statements of Justice Sec. Remulla on redtagging at the UN Human Rights Committee Review on the Philippines

We hope that the independent human rights experts of the UN Human Rights Committee will see through the warped logic of Justice Secretary Boying Remulla on his statements regarding redtagging. Redtagging especially of State forces and their adjuncts has dire consequences on persons, families, organizations and communities – killings, arbitrary arrests and imprisonment, torture, enforced …

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Stop military operations in Himamaylan, Negros Occidental – Karapatan

Human rights alliance Karapatan condemned the reported humanitarian crisis and human rights violations in Himamaylan town, Negros Occidental as a result of continuing military operations since October 6, 2022. Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay cited reports from Karapatan-Negros on the indiscriminate bombings and strafing of the 94th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army in the …

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SIM card registration law brings false security, greater threat to people’s rights

“The SIM card registration is another attempt of the government to institute false public security, when it has failed to uphold the people’s right to security and privacy by being the primary source and enabler of more threats like data breaches, surveillance and poor implementation of laws on data privacy,” said rights group Karapatan, as …

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Prevalence of impunity, rights violations belies gov’t’s claims on HR situation in PH in UN treaty body’s human rights review

A decade since its last review, the Philippine government will undergo scrutiny by the UN Human Rights Committee on October 11 and 12, 2022 in Geneva, Switzerland on its compliance to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the treaty body’s recommendations in its 2012 review. Based on reports, Justice Secretary Jesus …

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Prevailing impunity, continuing human rights violations on Marcos Jr.’s first 100 days in office

“The absence of justice and accountability for the human rights violations committed during the Duterte administration and the continuing grave attacks on human and people’s rights in the country, which are driven by the policies on the drug war and counterinsurgency programs, are fuelling the climate of impunity that is so stark during the first …

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Continuing rights violations, lack of accountability should impel UN Human Rights Council to investigate rights situation in PH

“The killing of broadcast journalist Percival Mabasa, the continuing lack of accountability for the killings in the drug war and counterinsurgency campaigns, and the unabated red-tagging spree of rights defenders, government critics, and even members of the judiciary by state forces and government officials sound the alarm for the pressing imperative for independent investigation on …

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Abolish NTF-ELCAC, hold Badoy-Partosa accountable for crimes

Human rights group Karapatan renewed its call for the abolition of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), as the task force commended its former spokesperson Lorraine Badoy-Partosa after she had been widely criticized by lawyers’ groups and individuals over her red-tagging and reported threats of Judge Marlo Magdoza-Malagar. The group …

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On the recent appointments at the Commission on Human Rights

With the appointment of a new Chairperson and a commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights, Karapatan calls on the new appointees to uphold the Commission’s mandate and expectations for independence, probity, integrity, and transparency to conduct investigations on human rights violations against poor and disadvantaged sectors and provide prompt, responsive, accessible and excellent public …

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Karapatan welcomes recent Manila court decision on proscription case vs CPP-NPA

Human rights alliance Karapatan hailed a Manila court’s ruling on the petition by the Department of Justice to proscribe the CPP-NPA a terrorist organization, saying it is a victory against “State terrorism and intolerance to political dissent.” Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said “the 135-page ruling by Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 19 Judge Marlo …

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MARCOS’ LAME ATTEMPTS TO WHITEWASH GOVERNMENT LIES ARE FUTILE

As expected, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s speech before the United Nations General Assembly in New York yesterday, September 21, was nothing but another lame attempt to resurrect his family’s tarnished name in the eyes of the international community. To stand before the world on the 50th anniversary of his father’s formal declaration of martial rule …

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