KARAPATAN salutes Ka Dante Simbulan, former political prisoner during Marcos Sr.’s martial law, its former National Council member at large (2012-2018) and Malaya Movement US co-convenor. Ka Dante, a captain at the Philippine Army, taught at the Philippine Military Academy, where he hosted a lecture of Prof. Jose Maria Sison on the mercenary tradition of …
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GENEVA, Switzerland—The Philippine Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Watch delegation said things are not better under the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government, contrary to what government officials are telling United Nations (UN) member states. In a side event to the ongoing 55th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (UN HRC) in this city last Thursday, …
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GENEVA, Switzerland—A pastor of the United Methodist Church (UMC) in the Philippines delivered an oral statement at the ongoing 55th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in this city narrating harassment against her by the Philippine government. At the UNHRC’s interactive dialogues on the report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion …
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September 22, 2023 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — “War on drugs” victims are urging the United Nations (UN) to take a more proactive stance in the Philippines, particularly in investigating killings during the previous Duterte administration that continue until the present Marcos administration. At the 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the Philippine UPR Watch …
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September 19, 2023 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — As the world commemorates the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, the Philippine Universal Periodic Review (PUPR) Watch delegation to the 54th UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session raised alarm over the escalating attacks against human rights defenders and activists in the Philippines under …
“The killing of broadcast journalist Percival Mabasa, the continuing lack of accountability for the killings in the drug war and counterinsurgency campaigns, and the unabated red-tagging spree of rights defenders, government critics, and even members of the judiciary by state forces and government officials sound the alarm for the pressing imperative for independent investigation on …
Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters The report of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet at the UN Human Rights Council 48th session on the implementation of the resolution on technical cooperation and capacity building noted the continuing and severe human rights violations in the Philippines, amidst and despite the ongoing UN Joint Programme in …
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As President Rodrigo Duterte prepares for his defense against the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation into the situation in the Philippines, human rights alliance Karapatan together with international partners asserted in oral statements delivered before the 48th session of United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that an independent international investigation into the country is “overdue” …
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