Currently, 162 out of the 819 political prisoners being held in various detention facilities nationwide are women — brave women who have fought for their political beliefs and their communities and are now languishing behind bars due to trumped-up criminal charges. We cannot stay silent while our sisters suffer. Tanggol Bayi stands in solidarity with …
Human rights alliance Karapatan raised alarm over reports of military occupation of barangays in Manila and Batangas. Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said, “We received reports that in Barangay 105, Tondo, also known as “Happyland,” some 90 to 100 soldiers allegedly from the 11th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army arrived on March 9, 2023 …
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”Only human rights violators and the NTF-ELCAC are afraid of the Human Rights Defenders Bill.” Rights group Karapatan said this in reaction to statements made on Monday, March 13, 2023, by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) opposing House Bill 77, or the Human Rights Defenders Bill. HB 77 was …
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Human rights alliance Karapatan slammed a fabricated surrender ceremony yesterday at 1K2 Kasiglahan Village, Rodriguez where close to 400 local residents were deceived and coerced into signing a surrender form by elements of the 80th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army. Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said they received reports from Karapatan-Rizal and Citizens Rights …
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As we mark International Working Women’s Day on March 8, 2023, human rights alliance Karapatan and women human rights defenders of Tanggol Bayi stand in solidarity with all the women victims of repression under the Marcos Jr. regime —especially the political prisoners, the involuntarily disappeared and victims of extrajudicial killings, arrests, torture and abduction. Women …
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Human rights alliance Karapatan assailed the fevered rush by members of the House of Representatives to pass a resolution that will effect charter change by 2024. With a vote of 301-6-1, the House of has just passed Resolution of Both Houses No. 6 that will railroad amendments to the economic provisions of the 1987 constitution. …
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March 7, 2023 marks the second anniversary of the Bloody Sunday incident where nine trade unionists, peasant leaders and indigenous peasants from Southern Tagalog were brutally murdered by the police, while seven others were arrested. On that infamous day, police and military operatives served a total of 24 warrants against unarmed community leaders in the …
Two years after Bloody Sunday, kin of victims still cry for justice Read More »
The Philippine government must stop playing the so-called “sovereignty” card in its orchestrated effort to shield former President Rodrigo Duterte and other government officials from accountability for the thousands of deaths in connection with its so-called anti-drug war from 2016 onwards. In his latest appearance before the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland …
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Karapatan threw its support behind San Carlos Bishop Gerardo Alminaza after he and other church people were red-tagged during the SMNI television program “Laban Kasama ang Bayan.” Branding him a “mouthpiece of the CPP,” Alminaza was criticized for calling for the resumption of the formal peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front …
The 1986 People Power Uprising marked the end of the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos Sr., a regime that was characterized by massive corruption, widespread human rights violations, and unprecedented economic plunder. According to the Human Rights Violations Victims’ Memorial Commission, at least 11,103 individuals had fallen victim to rights violations under the dictatorship. Other estimates …
