Member organization: Karapatan

Karapatan welcomes CA’s affirmation of Palparan’s conviction

Photo by Darren Langit/Rappler Karapatan welcomes the Court of Appeals First Division decision affirming the conviction of butcher Palparan and cohorts. This recent legal victory affirms the need to pursue justice and accountability through and through — despite threats, harassment, reprisals, and patronage by those in power of these human rights violators.

Karapatan slams Duterte’s suggestion for Marcos Jr. to continue drug war despite CHR’s damning report on killings

Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images Human rights alliance Karapatan slammed on Tuesday President Rodrigo Duterte’s suggestion for Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to continue the drug war under his administration — days after the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) released its report on the killings in the drug war, which detailed how the Duterte administration has “encouraged …

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On the proclamation of Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte

With the proclamation of Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte as president and vice president respectively, we can only expect the worst of times for the state of human rights, justice and accountability in the Philippines, as well as the best of times for the struggle and resistance against tyranny, oppression and genuine democracy.

Elderly rights worker arrested in Bloody Sunday raids seeks dismissal of trumped-up charges, reiterates inconsistent evidence

Fourteen months after the Bloody Sunday raids in March 2021 that led to the killing of nine activists and the arrest and detention of four others, elderly political prisoner and human rights worker Nimfa Lanzanas once again appealed to the court to dismiss the charges against her, maintaining that the firearms and explosives allegedly in …

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Mothers of disappeared UP students, human rights activist file complaints vs SMNI for Palparan interview

In an administrative complaint filed today before the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), Concepcion Empeño and Erlinda Cadapan, the mothers of disappeared University of the Philippines students Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan, together with Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay demanded that the broadcasting franchise of Suara Sug Media Corporation be revoked for airing the interview with …

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