“Imee Marcos and the Marcoses cannot claim to be clean. They are as ‘buwaya’ as they come. The Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners, takes exception to Imee Marcos’ attempts to portray herself and their family as an anti-corruption stalwarts by carrying around a stylized …
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KARAPATAN and Hustisya, an organization of families and friends of victims of extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations, condemn the reversal by the Supreme Court of the conviction of Marvin Nuguid for the extrajudicial killing of Dutch activist Wilhelm Geertman on July 3, 2012, saying it may be a precursor of reversals of the …
KARAPATAN assailed the camp of Rodrigo Duterte for once more playing the victim card. In reaction to a statement by Duterte’s lead counsel that detention has taken a toll on the former dictator’s health, Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said, “We decry this ‘wheelchair justice’ being conveniently resorted to by Duterte and many other corrupt …
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KARAPATAN condemned the arbitrary arrest by combined elements of the 16th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (IBPA) and the police of peasant organizer Faye Tallow, on September 4, 2025 in Labo, Camarines Norte. Tallow, a former student leader from the University of the Philippines in Diliman, was arrested without warrant inside a house in …
In less than one hour, the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations terminated today’s hearing on the proposed budget of the Office of the President, despite the manifestations of members of the opposition led by the Makabayan representatives and citing “parliamentary courtesy.” We denounce this blatant disregard of transparency and accountability procedures in the name …
Desaparecidos, an organization of families of the disappeared, proudly congratulates Alipato at Muog for its multiple nominations at the 48th Gawad Urian Awards. The film is nominated for Best Film, Best Direction, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, and Best Production Design. “We congratulate our chairperson, director JL Burgos—brother of Jonas—in yet another recognition that …
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“Are Malacañang and local officials afraid that the anti-corruption protests will eventually lead to their doorsteps?” Human rights alliance KARAPATAN asked this as presidential spokesperson Claire Castro sought to quelch public outrage over explosive exposés of bureaucratic corruption by repeating claims made by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) that …
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KARAPATAN assailed the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) for being fixated on filing trumped-up terrorism financing charges and civil forfeiture cases against people’s organization, faith-based institutions and development NGOs, when it should be training its guns on high-ranking government officials and contractors of big-ticket infrastructure projects who are now the subjects of ongoing investigations on bureaucratic …
KARAPATAN assailed the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) for deflecting public outrage at revelations of large-scale bureaucratic corruption by warning that the “corruption of the Filipino mind” is the most dangerous form of corruption. Said KARAPATAN National Council member Raoul Manuel, “In effect, the NTF-ELCAC is dissuading the youth from …
A day before marking the International Day of the Disappeared this August 30th, families of victims of enforced disappearance took to the streets to renew their calls to surface their missing loved ones. Governments have long used enforced disappearance as a repressive tool to silence dissent. The International Day of the Disappeared is an occasion …
