Human rights group Karapatan has reiterated its call to disbar former president Rodrigo Duterte over his attempt to serve as one of the legal counsels of his daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, in her upcoming Senate impeachment trial. For the group, the former leader is undermining the...
ILOILO CITY – The families of the seven individuals who were killed in an alleged shootout in Antique in 2018 are appealing to the Supreme Court (SC) to review the dismissal of war crime cases against officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)....
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has urged a "thorough review" on the Aug. 13 arrest of Jay Apiag, a former secretary general in Southern Mindanao of Karapatan, a group of human rights advocates. Apiag is facing charges of attempted murder and illegal possession of firearms and...
A group of human rights activists, and some party-list lawmakers at the House of Representatives have asserted the need for justice and an end to attacks on environmental defenders and activists. They made the call after it was confirmed that environmental rights defenders and church workers...
Progressive groups in the country pushed for the prosecution of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for his alleged “crimes against humanity.” Alliance of Filipino women, Gabriela, on Monday, Nov. 14, said attacks carried out against women activists during the Duterte administration...
Karapatan, a human rights alliance in the Philippines, called on the House of Representatives to expedite the passage of the Human Rights Defenders Protection Act, a bill that seeks to protect human rights defenders in the country. (Karapatan / Manila Bulletin) “Since 2007, we have tirelessly...
Various groups in the Philippines publicly condemned the National Telecommunications Commission’s (NTC) order for internet providers to block websites that are allegedly “affiliated, linked, and supporting terrorist organizations.” (Karapatan / Manila Bulletin) Among the groups who denounced...
Human rights group Karapatan once again urged the public to reject the candidacy of presidential bet Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and vice presidential aspirant Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte in the 2022 elections and beyond. (Karapatan) In a press statement issued on Tuesday, May 10,...
Karapatan denounced the shooting incident against indigenous Manobo-Pulangiyon leaders and community members on Tuesday, April 19, during their meeting with presidential aspirant Leody de Guzman and senatorial candidates Roy Cabonegro and David D’Angelo. (Image courtesy of Laban ng Masa) “This...
Karapatan, a human rights group in the Philippines, called on the suspension of the Facebook pages and accounts of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and its spokesperson Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy-Partosa for being “instruments of disinformation.”...
Karapatan (LOGO/File Photo) Human rights group Karapatan has denounced the plan of President Duterte to run for vice president in the upcoming national and local elections in May 2022. With this plan of Duterte, it is " undeniably clear" that he " wants immunity as a shameless ploy for impunity,"...
The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to deny an environmental permit the Dumaguete reclamation project over its "environmental and socio-economic impacts." (Dumaguete City FB page) In a statement,...
