Karapatan refutes Lorenzana: Duterte admin leaves a legacy of impunity, rights crisis in PH
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Member organization: Karapatan
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 …
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.
More injustice, impunity with red-tagger Boying Remulla as DOJ secretary
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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 …
Karapatan slams NTF-ELCAC’s red-tagging overdrive, Sara Duterte’s possible DepEd portfolio under Marcos Jr.
Photo by Michael Varcas/Philippine Star Human rights alliance Karapatan slammed the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) its “red-tagging overdrive” targeting student walkouts as well as books amid protests expressing discontent over the results of the recent 2022 national elections.
Reject Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte in the elections and beyond!
We call on the public to express our rejection of the Marcos Jr.-Sara Duterte tandem in the 2022 polls and beyond.
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 …
Martial law survivors, activists pay tribute to human rights champion Marie Hilao-Enriquez
In a gathering at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani compound in Quezon City, martial law survivors, activists and friends of human rights champion Marie Hilao-Enriquez, chairperson emeritus of Karapatan, paid tribute to her courageous and indefatigable work for the cause of people’s rights, justice, and national democracy. On April 24, 2022, Hilao-Enriquez, a stalwart in …