Member organization: Karapatan

Karapatan calls on CHR to investigate escalating rights violations before election campaign period

Human rights watchdog Karapatan condemned the escalating violations on human rights and international humanitarian law throughout the country reported in the past week, as the group called on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to investigate these violations especially as the country prepares for the start of the official campaign period for the upcoming 2022 …

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Marcos Jr. feigning ignorance on rights violations under martial law

Photo from Rappler Human rights alliance Karapatan slammed presidential aspirant Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for feigning ignorance on the human rights violations committed under his father’s dictatorship, after he was asked regarding Amnesty International’s data on these violations in his one-on-one interview with Boy Abunda, which was aired yesterday, January 25, 2022.

Karapatan slams Sara Duterte’s proposal for military conscription

Photo by Miguel de Guzman/Philippine Star Military conscription violates basic civil and political rights, human rights alliance Karapatan asserted on Thursday, as the group slammed Sara Duterte’s proposal to make military service in the country mandatory should she become vice president.

Karapatan denounces killing of peasant couple in Sorsogon

Human rights alliance Karapatan expressed strong indignation on the killing of an elderly couple in Sorsogon, as the group warned that “the bloodbath in the Philippines will continue after the Duterte regime, if the next president will continue its murderous legacy and maintain the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).”