Report Type: Annual report

On December 10, as the world commemorated International Human Rights Day, the Filipino people, represented by progressive people’s organizations, put on trial the US-backed Aquino regime for crimes against the Filipino people.   For more than four years, the US-backed Aquino regime has only resorted to dishing out catchy slogans to mask its attacks on the …

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The masquerade is over.  The balloons of promises and hopes have burst.  2013 unmasked the pretentions of a self-proclaimed messiah who vowed to create miracles—eradicate the deeply entrenched cancerous cell of corruption in a hopeless bureaucrat capitalist system; a bounty in economy through magical, impalpable statistics of GNPs; a life without twist and turn of …

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The almost complete unmasking to the public of a pretentious rule marks the second year of Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino’s presidency. Despite supposedly improving economic statistics, the majority of the people are still mired in poverty reeling from high prices of basic commodities and services, unemployment, unlivable wages, sham land reform, inadequate housing and so on. Even its much …

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Sugar-coated Crisis and Terror

THE NOYNOY AQUINO government’s mantra of change is now unraveling its true promise – that it is but a continuation of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s legacy of state terror, political repression and economic exploitation.

Karapatan 2009 Human Rights Report

                          Karapatan is releasing this 2008 report on the human rights situation in the Philippines as the world observes the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This report principally features cases of violation of human rights, as recorded by …

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The year 2007 is a dangerous time for the Filipino people as state terror, impunity in human rights violations and general lawlessness grip the nation. The government of Gloria Macapagal-arroyo has done little to stop the political killings and disappearances except take token steps to assuage local and internationale outcry. On the other hand, the …

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THE YEAR 2006 IS THE WORST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SINCE THE TOPPLING OF THE MARCOS FASCIST DICTATORSHIP IN 1986. The Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo regime ran roughshod on the Filipino people’s civil liberties and human rights as it imposed a state of martial rule and launched a campaign of terror in an effort to desperately cling to …

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