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Initial reaction on the dev’ts in the investigation on the Bloody Sunday killings

The Department of Justice’s recommendation to file a murder complaint against the perpetrators in the killing of labor leader Manny Asuncion is a welcome action. All victims of the Bloody Sunday raids deserve no less than justice. Those who remain imprisoned such as human rights worker Nimfa Lanzanas should be released, and we continue to …

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Karapatan asserts rights-based agenda in 2022 elex

Ahead of International Human Rights Day, various groups led by Karapatan gave their final verdict on the Duterte administration’s atrocious human rights record in a press conference today, as they asserted that a rights-based agenda should be at the forefront of the campaigns in the national elections next year, especially with the alliance of despotic …

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On Bonifacio Day, Karapatan calls on candidates for the 2022 elex to address the needs of the toiling masses

Today, as we commemorate the 158th birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio, we remember the heroic revolutionary struggle of the Katipunan, which Bonifacio led, for the liberation of the Filipino people from Spanish colonialism, as we salute the modern-day heroism of ordinary Filipinos in asserting their rights and welfare, especially amid the crisis brought by the …

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On VP Leni Robredo’s statement on the NTF-ELCAC and the AFP’s whole-of-nation approach in its “anti-insurgency” campaign

Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat Karapatan expresses our disappointment over Vice President Leni Robredo’s statement supporting the “functions and mandates” of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and the whole-of-nation approach of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in its counterinsurgency campaign.

Karapatan to Calamba court: Release elderly human rights worker Nimfa Lanzanas

Karapatan today expressed disappointment over the Calamba City Regional Trial Court Branch 37’s denial of elderly human rights worker Nimfa Lanzanas’ omnibus motion to quash search warrants and suppress evidence in a resolution released on November 24, 2021.

On the acquittal of Cora Agovida and Michael Bartolome

Karapatan welcomes today’s acquittal of women’s rights activist Cora Agovida and urban poor organizer Michael Bartolome from trumped-up charges against them by State forces at the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 19.

Karapatan on the 12th year after the Ampatuan massacre

Photo from the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines Karapatan joins the families of the 58 victims in remembering their loved ones today, on the 12th year of the Ampatuan massacre wherein media practitioners and civilians were murdered in a single incident. We likewise join the family of Reynaldo Momay, the 58th victim whose …

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Karapatan urges ICC to resume investigation into crimes vs humanity in the drug war

Human rights alliance Karapatan called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor to resume its investigation into the crimes against humanity in the drug war, following the ICC Office of the Prosecutor’s temporary suspension of its investigative activities as it assesses the “scope and effect” of the request of the Philippine government to defer the …

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Death of cancer-stricken, elderly political prisoner in Palawan shows callousness, double standard of PH justice system

Political prisoner Antonio Molina, 67, a member of the Katipunan ng Samahang Magbubukid sa Timog Katagalugan, succumbed to complications of stomach cancer at 10 p.m. last night, November 18, 2021, at the Ospital ng Palawan. He was brought to the hospital earlier yesterday when his heart rate collapsed and was intubated after experiencing cardiac arrest. …

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On fifth anniversary of dictator Marcos’ burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani

Five years since the dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. was given a hero’s burial, we declare our strongest conviction against the comeback of the Marcoses to the highest seat of power in the land.

Member organization: Karapatan