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Hustisya-Bukidnon responds to malicious accusations against anti-Duterte rallyists
Submitted on Thu, 08/08/2019 - 09:37On July 23, 2019 the website of the Philippine News Agency posted an article titled "Army provided food to abandoned, hungry anti-State of the Nation Address (SONA) ral
Karapatan hits recent state-sponsored attacks against human rights defenders
Submitted on Wed, 08/07/2019 - 09:10It is with deep rage that we view the state-perpetrated attacks against human rights defenders as a dangerous precedent to crackdown and go after anyone who refuses to cower in fear amidst the social unrest brought out by Duterte’s inhumane policies.
Karapatan urges DOJ: Dismiss Esperon’s baseless perjury claims against rights defenders
Submitted on Thu, 08/01/2019 - 08:17
Following the perjury complaint filed by National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon, Jr. against human rights defenders of Karapatan, Religious Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP), and Gabriela, they attended the preliminary investigation set by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Quezon City today, August 1, 2019.
Karapatan to Esperon: Quit scapegoating
Submitted on Wed, 07/31/2019 - 12:34
It has come to our attention that National Security Adviser Hemogenes Esperon Jr. has singled out Karapatan as a “legal front” of the Communist Party of the Philippines. This is not the first time that a government official has done so, following the President’s own statement last July 25, 2019 that Karapatan “deserves to be hit.” We have repeatedly expressed the seriousness and the dangers of red-tagging, particularly for human rights workers on the ground. Under this government, 11 human rights workers under Karapatan have already been killed. We are not some legal front, but an alliance of human rights organizations and advocates that have relentlessly continued to expose the crimes and violations of state forces across all administrations.
Anti-fake news bill gives Duterte more power to suppress media, violate free expression — Karapatan
Submitted on Wed, 07/31/2019 - 11:15
Karapatan opposed a measure which seeks to criminalize the publication and proliferation of false content or “fake news” on the internet, deeming the bill “dangerous” and “hypocritical.” The human rights group warned that allowing the government to define “fake news” would only give the Duterte administration more power to clamp down on media and critical content online.
