Geneva, Switzerland — Former political prisoner, writer, and peasant advocate Amanda Echanis called for accountability for the killings of peasants and human rights advocates, as she is set to participate in the 62nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council this week in Switzerland together with Karapatan deputy secretary general Atty. Maria Sol Taule. …
KARAPATAN challenged the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) to present documentary proof of convicted former Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan’s whereabouts instead of merely dismissing concerns as “fake news,” and to explain why official court notices indicated that he had been transferred out of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP). “While BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr. …
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Who are the political prisoners (PPs)? Political prisoners are citizens arrested, detained and imprisoned for acting on their socio-political beliefs or faith. They are arbitrarily denied their liberty and their constitutional right to due process of law. Many PPs endure different forms of torture. A number of them have been held incommunicado for days or …
PEOPLE UNDER SIEGE: Repression, Crisis, and Resistance Intensifying fascist attacks and severe economic blows directly resulting from US imperialist aggression and intervention pummeled the people in the first quarter of 2026. On February 28, 2026, the US bombed Iran, prompting the latter to defend itself by launching military strikeson US bases across West Asia and …
KARAPATAN and Desaparecidos expressed support for the manifestation and motion filed at the Supreme Court by Erlinda Cadapan and Concepcion Empeño calling on the Court to direct the Bureau of Corrections (Bucor) to disclose the whereabouts of convicted former Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan. The complainants, who are the mothers of disappeared activists Sherlyn Cadapan and …
KARAPATAN deplores the threats, harassment and intimidation by state agents of yet another grassroots-oriented development NGO and its former staff, and the potential targeting of companies and other entities they had worked with in improving the lives and conditions of local communities in Mindanao. KARAPATAN received reports about the harassment of a former administrative staff …
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The Marcos Jr. regime has miserably lost its bid to become one of the US’ rah-rah boys in the UN Security Council when it failed to win a seat as a non-permanent member, an ambitious, narcissistic deodorant project on which it spent millions in dollars since it began lobbying for it in 2023. Marcos Jr.’s …
KARAPATAN condemns the House of Representatives’ approval of the Digital Media Anti-False Information Act or House Bill No. 9465 sponsored by Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s scion Rep. Sandro Marcos, which ostensibly grants broad powers to the State to penalize “false” or “misleading” information, but actually strengthens the State’s power of censorship, making it an even more …
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KARAPATAN denounced the House of Representatives’ approval of House Bill No. 8389, or the Anti-Political Dynasty Bill on third reading yesterday, June 3, 2026, as a watered down bill that will only further entrench political dynasties instead of putting an end to them. “What else can you expect from a bill,” said KARAPATAN secretary general …
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Human rights alliance KARAPATAN strongly condemns the demolition and forced eviction of the Mangyan-Iraya community in Sitio Malatabako, Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro. “We condemn the destruction of homes and displacement of Indigenous families from their ancestral land. What is really disturbing is how the company was able to aggressively take control of land that …
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