Karapatan extends its condolences to the family and friends of political prisoner Antonio Legaspi, who died of a heart attack on April 19, 2024 at the age of 74. Legaspi was arrested on May 26, 2023 with his wife Rosita Taboy at their home in San Jose del Monte where they were longtime residents. Antonio …
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On International Labor Day 2024, KARAPATAN joins thousands of workers who marched to the streets to demand higher wages, job security and the recognition of their right to unionize, among others, and raise calls to stop the attacks against workers and the people under the Marcos Jr. government. The Marcos Jr. government’s refusal to provide …
On the first year of disappearance of Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz Jamil “Bazoo” de Jesus, the Families of the Disappeared for Justice (Desaparecidos) joins Dexter and Bazoo’s families in their continuing search for their loved ones. As we have tirelessly done with our own missing kin, we are one with them in asking: Where …
Human rights group Karapatan reiterated its call to dismiss cases against other political prisoners detained and charged with trumped-up cases on the basis of faulty and unjust search warrants after the Supreme Court’s affirmation of the Court of Appeal’s decision to void the search warrants used against activists Reina Mae Nasino, Ram Carlo Bautista, and …
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KARAPATAN expresses its staunchest solidarity with the striking jeepney drivers and operators led by Piston who are airing their grievances ahead of the big gathering of workers’ groups on May 1, 2024. Jeepney drivers and operators have been opposing the Marcos Jr. government’s jeepney phaseout scheme masquerading as a jeepney modernization program. Under this scheme, …
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KARAPATAN denounces the recently-reported indictment of two Southern Tagalog young activists for alleged violation of Republic Act No. 10168 or the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012. The ridiculous accusation of terrorist financing levelled against Southern Tagalog youth activists Fritz Jay Labiano and Adrian Paul Tagle is but the latest act by the …
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Today, we bear witness to environmental defender Eco Dangla’s description of his ordeal, from his ordeal to the torture that he endured. On Sunday, April 28, 2024, we recall the 17th year since activist Jonas Burgos was abducted and the first year after the enforced disappearance of indigenous people’s advocates Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz …
SELDA (Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto) mourns the passing of a stalwart advocate for human rights, former Sen. Rene Saguisag. His legacy stands as a beacon of hope and resilience in the fight against oppression and injustice in the Philippines. Senator Saguisag’s unwavering commitment to upholding the principles of democracy and justice …
Karapatan extends its deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Atty. Rene Saguisag, who died on April 24, 2024 at the age of 84. The human rights community remembers Atty. Saguisag as a staunch nemesis of dictatorship. He was one of the courageous lawyers who founded the Movement of Attorneys for Brotherhood, Integrity …
As Gene Roz Jamil “Bazoo” de Jesus, an activist, beloved son, brother, and friend, would have celebrated his 28th birthday today, Desaparecidos solemnly marks this occasion amid his continued absence. Bazoo together with Dexter Capuyan were abducted by suspected state agents on April 28, 2023, in Taytay, Rizal, leaving his family, friends, and community devastated …
