Dear friends, We are sharing a copy of our position paper submitted today to the House of Representatives Committee on Justice during the hearing on House Bill No. 10986. KARAPATAN Public Information Desk ———————————————————— POSITION PAPER ON HOUSE BILL NO. 10986(ANTI-EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING ACT)Submitted by Karapatan Alliance Philippines11 December 2024Committee on Justice of the House of …
KARAPATAN called on the Quad Committee of the House of Representatives to expand the scope of its investigations to include the extrajudicial killings of political activists by Rodrigo Duterte’s death squads. KARAPATAN secretary general Cristina Palabay issued the appeal as the Quadcom prepared to issue its progress report on the results of its ongoing investigation …
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KARAPATAN denounces moves by the Duterte camp seeking the expulsion of ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro from the House of Representatives on the basis of a contrived ethics complaint. KARAPATAN views the ethics case against Rep. Castro as a desperate attempt by the Dutertes to deflect public attention from the real issue of Sara …
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KARAPATAN welcomed the Baguio City Council’s passage of an ordinance protecting human rights defenders. The ordinance includes provisions against red-tagging and political vilification, and provides victims legal recourse and access to remedies. The ordinance, which was passed despite objections from the AFP and PNP, and harassment from the National Task Force to End Local Communist …
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KARAPATAN and relatives of victims of rights violations who are among the 72 signatories to the second impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte called on district and partylist representatives in Congress to thoroughly consider the evidence presented in the impeachment complaint and lend their signatures to the resolution of impeachment. Responding to criticisms that …
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KARAPATAN denounces the arbitrary arrest of martial law activist Tomas Dominado, who was arrested on December 5, 2024 on trumped-up charges of murder and rebellion, and his caregiver, who was slapped with charges of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition and violation of the Anti-Terror Law for allegedly providing support to a “terrorist organization”. The …
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SELDA (Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto) urgently calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Tomas Dominado, a 74-year-old ailing political detainee. Arrested on December 5 in Arevalo, Iloilo City, Dominado faces trumped-up charges of murder and rebellion based on warrants issued more than a decade ago. Significantly, some of his co-accused …
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Dear colleagues, We are releasing this statement regarding the fasting of political prisoners in Negros for the resumption of the peacetalks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. KARAPATAN Public Information Desk Negros political prisoners call for peacetalks resumption, to fast on December 10 This …
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KARAPATAN assails the reported filing of financing terrorism charges against five Negros-based development workers of the Paghida-et sa Kauswagan Development Group (PDG) as part of the Marcos Jr. regime’s policy of political persecution of development and human rights workers using terror legislations. Among the development workers are: Clarissa Ramos, the widow of slain human rights …
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Rights group KARAPATAN expresses support in the filing of violations of the law against enforced disappearance by abduction survivors Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano on Wednesday at the Office of Ombudsman. Among those impleaded in the case, for violation of Sections 4 (b), sub-paragraphs 1, 2, 4 and 11 of Republic Act No. 10353 or …
