It has been one year since Ma. Elena “Cha” Pampoza and Elgene “Leleng” Mungcal were forcibly taken from their families, leaving us with a deep sense of anguish, anger, and desperation. On this solemn occasion, Desaparecidos, along with their loved ones, reiterates our unwavering commitment to pursuing justice and demanding the immediate surfacing of Cha …
After a year in power, Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has proven to be virtually indistinguishable from his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte. Extrajudicial killings (EJKs) have not only continued, the policies that spur them are firmly in place. Marcos Jr. continues to implement Duterte’s 2017-2022 National Security Policy that has engendered counter-insurgency programs and policies that resulted …
On the eve of the first year of the Marcos Jr. presidency, former political prisoners, their relatives, and advocates of current political prisoners gathered to launch a campaign for the release of all political prisoners in the Philippines, in an activity at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani today. “The nearly 800 political prisoners in the …
The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) denounced today the conviction of Frank Fernandez and Cleofe Lagtapon by Taguig City RTC 266 Judge Marivic C. Cudilla-Vitor. SELDA Vice Chairperson Danilo de la Fuente exclaimed: “The conviction of Frank Fernandez and Cleofe Lagtapon is based on distortion of truth. The crime they have …
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Human rights alliance Karapatan condemned the conviction today of peace consultant Frank Fernandez and his wife Cleofe Lagtapon on trumped-up charges of illegal possession of firearms by Taguig City Regional Trial Court Branch 266. Fernandez, 75, and Lagtapon, 65, were acquitted of illegal possession of explosives and violation of the election gun ban. Their co-accused …
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Karapatan denounces the latest attempt by State forces to weaponize the draconian Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2022 against political activists and human rights defenders. On June 9, a subpoena was issued by Antipolo City Prosecutor Mari Elvira B. Herrera summoning youth activist Ken Rementilla and church worker Jasmin Rubia to face allegations of violating Section …
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Human rights alliance Karapatan raised concerns on Tuesday regarding the Department of Education’s (DepEd) internal memorandum requesting a list of teachers affiliated with the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), the largest non-traditional teachers’ organization in the Philippines, as the group warned that such moves “strongly endanger the lives and safety of teachers as well as …
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Desaparecidos (Pamilya ng Desaparecidos para sa Katarungan), a human rights organization dedicated to seeking justice for victims of enforced disappearances, strongly condemns the ongoing impunity surrounding the case of the victims who disappeared in June 2006 in the Philippines. We demand that the Philippine government take immediate action to bring those responsible to justice and …
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On the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on June 26, Karapatan reiterates its call for an end to torture and condemns the ongoing acts of torture that persist in the Philippines. The use of physical or psychological torture to obtain information, punish, intimidate or coerce, or discriminate is considered …
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Karapatan strongly deplores the brutal killing by operating troops of the Philippine Army 2nd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army of Rey Belan, a 17-year-old farmer from Barangay Calabad, Dimasalang, Masbate, and the subsequent attempt by the soldiers to cover up their evil deed by falsely claiming that Belan was an NPA member killed in …
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