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KARAPATAN deplores the planned construction of a munitions factory in the Philippines that will load, assemble and package 30-millimeter cannon rounds for the US military and its allied countries. Through its Partnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience involving 16 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, the US plans to outsource the manufacture of solid rocket motors (used …

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KARAPATAN assailed the Philippines’ removal from the United Nations (UN) list of grave child rights violations related to armed conflict, saying it does not reflect the reality on the ground. KARAPATAN secretary general Cristina Palabay said that under the regime of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., 11 children and youth have been killed extrajudicially under the government’s …

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KARAPATAN decried Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s Executive Order 110 declaring an “energy emergency” as an “inutile measure” that will not bring relief to Filipinos hit hard by the economic crisis spawned by US imperialist aggression in West Asia. Marcos Jr.’s latest executive order, said KARAPATAN secretary general Cristina Palabay, is nothing but PR gimmickry and is …

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Sa gitna ng walang kapantay na pagtaas ng presyo ng langis, nakikiisa ang KARAPATAN sa iba’t ibang sektor ng lipunan sa panawagang ibasura ang Value Added Tax (VAT) sa lahat ng produkto at serbisyo, gayundin ang excise tax sa langis. Ang VAT ay ipinatupad noong 1986 bilang bahagi ng “structural adjustment program” na ipinataw ng …

Sumusuporta ang Karapatan sa transport strike laban sa taas-presyo ng langis at digmaan ng US laban sa Iran Read More »

KARAPATAN human rights alliance denounced human rights violations, including possible cases of enforced disappearance, in relation to the reported simultaneous police and military operations in Tarlac City and Quezon City in the early morning of March 11, 2026 that led to the arrest and detention of ten individuals. Arrested from a house in Barangay Baras-Baras, …

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Sa unang anibersaryo ng pagkakaaresto at detensyon ni Rodrigo Duterte sa International Criminal Court (ICC), muling nanawagan ang KARAPATAN sa ICC na kumpirmahin ang mga sakdal laban kay Duterte at tumuloy sa paglilitis. Muli rin itong nanawagan na arestuhin na lahat ng mga kasabwat ni Duterte sa madugong gera kontra-droga para mapanagot na rin sila. …

KARAPATAN sa ICC: Kumpirmahin ang mga sakdal laban kay Duterte, arestuhin ang mga kasabwat Read More »

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Uprising this 25th of February 2026, the Filipino people mark the ouster of the Marcos Sr. dictatorship, infamous both for fascist tyranny and for being a kleptocracy. The Marcos Sr. regime notoriously earned a Guinness World Record for “the greatest robbery of a …

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KARAPATAN human rights alliance urges the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to confirm the charges of murder and attempted murder against Rodrigo Duterte so that the proceedings could soon move on to the trial stage. Duterte’s defense team has been filing motion after motion, all designed to delay and derail the …

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