Karapatan welcomes the dismissal of the perjury case against the national officers and human rights defenders of Karapatan, Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) and Gabriela. This is a victory of truth and justice, against lies and enemies of the people who instigated this form of judicial harassment against us, after our efforts to seek …
After the NTF-ELCAC was created by virtue of Executive Order No. 70 on December 4,2018, the red-tagging and de facto terrorist designation of Karapatan intensified, precedingincidents of death threats, surveillance, arrests and extrajudicial killings of its members.More information on these rights violations through this link:https://www.karapatan.org/STOP+THE+ATTACKS+AGAINST+HUMAN+RIGHTS+DEFENDERS%21 Karapatan and the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) filed …
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Human rights alliance Karapatan assailed the conviction of Baguio-based Rappler correspondent Frank Cimatu for cyberlibel. Cimatu’s cyberlibel case which was filed by former Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol stemmed from a 2017 Facebook post where Cimatu wrote “Agri sec got rich by P21-M in 6 months. Bird flu pa more.” Cimatu’s post was based on a …
Human rights alliance Karapatan welcomed the granting of bail to Reina Mae Nasino, Ram Carlo Bautista, and Alma Moran, collectively known as the Tondo 3, but urged the court to reduce the amount, saying the bail required is excessive. In an order dated December 12, 2022, Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 47 Judge Paulino Gallegos …
“Justice is really ours to achieve, as it did not take long for Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to show that his government will never pursue justice for victims of human rights violations. This government of the dictator’s son is a human rights violator of its own.” Thus said rights groups Hustisya (Victims United for Justice) and …
Human rights alliance Karapatan slammed the prevalence of injustice and the rising number of extrajudicial killings under the administration of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte, as various groups marked International Human Rights Day through protest actions and other activities nationwide. Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said the group has documented at least 17 cases …
Mariing kinukundena ng Hustisya (Pagkakaisa ng mga Biktima para sa Hustisya) ang brutal na pagpaslang kay peace consultant Ericson Acosta at Joseph Jimenez, organisador ng mga magsasaka. Umaga ng Nobyembre 30, 2022 nang pinaslang ang dalawa ng pinagsanib-pwersang 47th at 94th Infantry Battalion ng Philippine Army. Hinuli nang buhay ang dalawang biktima noong 2:00 ng …
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“The widespread opposition of the people should be enough reason for legislators to pull out the Maharlika wealth fund bill now, or they will definitely face public uproar over this brazen attempt to rake out public funds to advance their self-serving interests,” said Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay, as the group joined calls against the …
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Dear friends, We are releasing this statement by 64 organizations and 3 individuals on the judicial harassment against national leaders of Karapatan, the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines and Gabriela, in relation to the upcoming promulgation of the case of perjury filed by former National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon, Jr. at the Metropolitan Trial Court …
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In a protest action at the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency office on the 4th year of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), human rights alliance Karapatan reiterated its call for the abolition of the task force and slammed the bicameral conference committee for restoring the cuts to NTF-ELCAC’s PhP10-billion budget …
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