Cora Jazmines, wife of James Jazmines, represented by the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL); and Gabreyel and Felicia Ferrer, daughters of Felix Salaveria Jr., represented by La Viña, Zarate and Associates, impleaded Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin in separate petitions for writs of amparo and habeas data, to demand that …
Now that we have heard more of the same self-incriminating statements from former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte in his testimonies before the Quad Committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate, it is time for Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to take the decisive step of working and coordinating with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to …
KARAPATAN welcomes the probe on red-tagging in Mindanao held on November 11 and 12, 2024 by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR). The activity is part of a series of the public inquiry on red-tagging being conducted by the CHR in different areas of the country that began in July 2024. In Southern Mindanao, ten …
Karapatan joined environmental rights activists and other human rights defenders in expressing support for Francisco “Eco” Dangla who will be attending his first hearing at the Court of Appeals on his petition for writs of amparo and habeas data today, November 12, 2024. Dangla and his companion, fellow environmental activist Joxelle “Jak” Tiong, were abducted …
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KARAPATAN condemns the entry of the Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) into the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) as a private sector representative. COCOPEA is an umbrella group of several private school organizations. Its membership in the NTF-ELCAC means that the task force’s so-called “information drives,” which are …
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KARAPATAN expressed skepticism over Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla’s newly created task force to probe extrajudicial killings (EJK) under the Duterte regime’s war on drugs. “Riddling the horizon with task forces has so far not been useful in dispensing justice for the victims,” said Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay. “We seriously doubt that Secretary Remulla’s …
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Photo: PUP Catalyst KARAPATAN expressed its unflinching support for detained community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, who is scheduled to testify in her defense today, November 11, 2024 at Leyte Regional Trial Court Branch 45, as well as development worker Mariel Domequil and KARAPATAN human rights worker Alexander Philip Abinguna. Cumpio, a community journalist, was arrested …
KARAPATAN presses release of journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, two others Read More »
Photo: PUP Catalyst Today, November 11, 2024, the Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) joins journalists and media practitioners in demanding the release of Frenchie Mae Cumpio, who will take the witness stand for the first time since her arrest in early 2020. Frenchie Mae is one of the “Tacloban 5” along …
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Rights groups Hustisya and Karapatan firmly support the decision of massacre victims from Southern Tagalog to bring their case to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) after failing to attain justice from Philippine courts. Those who filed a complaint with the UNHRC are Rosenda Lemita, mother of fisherfolk organizer Ana Marie Lemita-Evangelista, and Liezl …
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The recently concluded US elections that saw Donald Trump make a comeback as president is not expected to cause a major shift in the master-puppet relationship between the US and the Philippines. The difference between a Democrat and a Republican US president is much like the difference between two cola brands—the fizz may set them …
