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Karapatan asserts call to fight for workers’ rights, reject anti-worker Marcos-Duterte tandem
Submitted on Sun, 05/01/2022 - 09:00
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As Espinosa recants allegations, Karapatan asserts call to free Senator De Lima
Submitted on Sat, 04/30/2022 - 14:00
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The call to free Senator Leila De Lima has never been more urgent. Kerwin Espinosa’s recantation of his allegations against Senator De Lima only further proves that, like hundreds of other political prisoners in the Philippines, her unjust incarceration is based on lies.
Karapatan asserts call to #JunkTerrorLaw
Submitted on Tue, 04/26/2022 - 15:00
The terror law is a dangerous piece of legislation which directly harms our basic rights and freedoms. By denying with finality our motions for reconsideration, the Supreme Court has upheld the law’s most draconian provisions — from the vague and overbroad definition of “terrorism,” the arbitrary powers of the Anti-Terrorism Council to designate and freeze assets of individuals and organizations tagged as “terrorists,” and the 24-day period of warrantless detention.
Karapatan urges CA anew: issue writ of habeas corpus and surface Steve Abua now as wife files MR
Submitted on Thu, 04/21/2022 - 14:00
Human rights alliance Karapatan reasserted calls to surface abducted peasant organizer Steve Abua as his wife Johanna filed her motion of reconsideration today, urging the Court of Appeals anew to grant her petition for the issuance of the writ of habeas corpus after her petition was junked in a decision dated March 29, 2022.
Karapatan reasserts call to hold Duterte, NTF-ELCAC accountable for murder of Evangelista couple in Bloody Sunday raids
Submitted on Wed, 04/20/2022 - 18:00
Karapatan joins the families of slain fisherfolk leaders Ariel Evangelista and Ana-Mariz “Chai” Lemita-Evangelista today in their calls for justice and accountability as the 17 policemen involved in the killing of the couple during the Bloody Sunday raids once again face the preliminary investigations on the murder charges against them.
