“Duterte has already arrested 225 political prisoners under his term, bringing the number of political detainees across the country to 548 (as of December 2018). The government’s legal offensives have been expedited by the formation of the Inter-Agency Committee on Legal Action (IACLA) back in October 2017. This is further justified by the planting of …
“In the first month of 2019, we have already received a long list of military atrocities in peasant communities in Mindanao, including the recent abduction of two peasant leaders. These attacks are bound to exacerbate, what with the myriad of repressive policies piled on top of each other, ranging from martial law to the implementation …
Karapatan deplores the bombing at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Jolo, Sulu that has resulted to the killing of at least 27 persons and injury of 80. We express our deep sympathies to the victims, their families and to the people of Sulu in these difficult times as we are one …
Karapatan on the recent bombing incidents in Jolo, Sulu Read More »
Karapatan, its chapters and member organizations led by the Children’s Rehabilitation Center, vehemently oppose all moves, including that of the House of Representatives, to inflict further harm and danger to Filipino children by passing a bill to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility to nine years old.
“Finally, Rafael Baylosis is released! We also welcome the recent decision of the Regional Trial Court in Branch 100, Quezon City to dismiss the trumped-up charges against Rafael Baylosis, consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), and his companion Roque Guillermo Jr. Said decision was penned by Judge Edith Mina-Aguba and it …
“There is no respite from the killings and illegal arrests. It seems that this government and its salaried mercenaries remain in a killing frenzy, targeting the poor in its twisted and militarist campaigns. As the year rolls out, the Duterte regime continues its grim legacy of outright disregard and scorn for human rights. We are …
3 farmers killed, 6 illegally arrested as 2019 rolls out – Karapatan Read More »
Duterte’s Choice: The Tyrant Emerged TURNING 2017 INTO A YEAR OF STATE TERROR In what can only be described as a decaying ego desperate for power, President Rodrigo R. Duterte, with his US-backed regime, has persisted with savage viciousness in continuing the government’s gross human rights violations against the Filipino masses. Employing the resources of …
2017 Karapatan Year-End Report on the Human Rights Situation in the Philippines Read More »
The documentation of this publication “THE DISHONOURABLE HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD OF BENIGNO S. AQUINO III” is the work of many human rights defenders in the Philippine countryside who defy all odds to monitor and write the truth about the human rights situation in the country. During the presidency of Benigno Simeon Aquino III, a number …
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“After thirty two (32) years, political prisoner Jose Ceriales was finally released on April 19, 2017, after serving sentence for false charges of multiple murder and double frustrated murder. Peasant Ceriales was arrested on May 3, 1985 in Manjuyod, Negros Oriental when he was only 22 years old. Now, he is 54 years old. That …
Longest-detained political prisoner released – Karapatan Read More »
“The arduous struggle for land distribution of Hacienda Luisita is just and legitimate, as landlords Cojuangcos and Aquinos continue to deny the return of land to its tillers, a condition which constituted the original agreement between the Cojuangcos and the Magsaysay government way back in 1967,” said Jigs Clamor, Karapatan Deputy Secretary General, on the …
#OccupyLuisita campaign vs Cojuangco-Aquinos is just and legitimate Read More »
