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KARAPATAN condemned the extrajudicial killing of three elderly civilians in Iloilo and Samar as a grave violation of international humanitarian law, and called on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to conduct an independent and full-blown investigation. According to reports from Panay Alliance Karapatan, Mateo Suarez, 71 and Roberto Cabales, 68, were killed by soldiers …

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KARAPATAN called anew for the abolition of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) after the latter vociferously denied, yet again, accusations that it was engaging in red-tagging. The NTF-ELCAC issued its latest denial at the RP-EU 5th Sub-Committee Meeting on Good Governance, Rule of Law and Human Rights held in …

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Human rights alliance KARAPATAN today appealed to the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, chaired by Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, to act on the urgent humanitarian release of Rosita Taboy, an 80-year-old political prisoner and currently the oldest political detainee in the country. In a letter to Senator Pangilinan, Karapatan detailed the deteriorating condition …

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Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s latest maneuver of appointing former justice secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla as the new Ombudsman is meant to shield members of his ruling clique from being targeted should they be charged with corruption, human rights violations or other serious crimes. What better way to frustrate the ends of justice and accountability than to …

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KARAPATAN assailed successive attempts by the Marcos Jr. regime to suppress public outrage over bureaucratic corruption by weaponizing a martial law-era law, Batas Pambansa (BP) 880 or the Public Assembly Act of 1985, that restricts public demonstrations. Said KARAPATAN secretary general Cristina Palabay, “BP 880 was a desperate attempt by Ferdinand Marcos Sr. to quell …

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KARAPATAN stands in firm solidarity with the family, friends, and community of Eric Saber, the construction worker whose life was unjustly taken during the violent dispersal of the September 21 protests in Manila. Eric was not a protester, he was simply passing by on his way home from work, yet his death is another tragic …

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KARAPATAN blasted the Philippine Senate’s lack of integrity after the latter passed a resolution yesterday, October 1, calling on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to place Rodrigo Duterte on house arrest for humanitarian reasons. “The Senate resolution is both premature and presumptuous,” said KARAPATAN secretary general Cristina Palabay, “since the ICC’s Pre-Trial Chamber has yet …

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KARAPATAN called for an independent investigation into the Barangay Development Program (BDP), the primary program of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), as the human rights group reiterated its call for the abolition of the notorious task force. KARAPATAN secretary general Cristina Palabay expressed alarm that the PhP8-billion BDP budget …

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