By a Transport Union Activist 17th September 2024 On 23 August 2024, James Jazmines attended the 66th birthday dinner of his friend Felix Salaveria Jr. at a restaurant in Tabaco in Alabay Province, in the Philippines along with other members of Cycling Advocates (CYCAD) a cycling club which promotes bicycle riding and supports environmental campaigning… Continue reading Philippines’ Marcos is overseeing an era of terror
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KARAPATAN scores new cases vs activists using twin terror laws
3 May 2024 Reference: Cristina Palabay, Karapatan Secretary General, +63917-3162831 Karapatan Public Information Desk, +63918-9790580 KARAPATAN scores new cases vs activists using twin terror laws KARAPATAN deplores the latest examples of the Marcos Jr. regime’s weaponization of the twin terror laws – Republic Act No. 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020 and Republic… Continue reading KARAPATAN scores new cases vs activists using twin terror laws
International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) Gathers in Bangkok to Condemn US-Backed War Crimes of Philippine State and Commit to Growing Solidarity Movement for a Just and Lasting Peace
Press ReleaseNovember 11, 2023 Bangkok, Thailand— Over 100 human rights advocates from over 30 organizations across the globe held a 3 day conference and assembly to decry the implementation of US counterinsurgency tactics in the Philippines and to advance international defense of human rights under the new Marcos regime. Throughout the conference, human rights experts… Continue reading International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) Gathers in Bangkok to Condemn US-Backed War Crimes of Philippine State and Commit to Growing Solidarity Movement for a Just and Lasting Peace
Lacks “safer environment for civil society”: Philippines Unworthy of UN Security Council Membership, Say Human Rights Groups
UPR Watch Press ReleaseSeptember 26, 2023 Lacks “safer environment for civil society”: Philippines Unworthy of UN Security Council Membership, Say Human Rights Groups Geneva, Switzerland—Grave human rights violations in the Philippines, already acknowledged by various UN offices and agencies, alongside insincerity in cooperating with the UN and other international bodies, should stop the Philippine bid… Continue reading Lacks “safer environment for civil society”: Philippines Unworthy of UN Security Council Membership, Say Human Rights Groups
The Philippines: Human Rights Organisations Condemn Renewed Judicial Harassment Against Human Rights Defenders in the Philippines
Dear friends, We are sharing with you a joint statement of solidarity by eight international human rights NGOs FORUM-Asia, Amnesty International, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD), Front Line Defenders, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH, in the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders), International Network for Economic, Social and… Continue reading The Philippines: Human Rights Organisations Condemn Renewed Judicial Harassment Against Human Rights Defenders in the Philippines
Karapatan condemns killing of NDFP consultant Rogelio Posadas, disappearance of 3 others
KARAPATAN PRESS RELEASE – https://groups.google.com/g/karapatas 25 April 2023 Human rights alliance Karapatan condemned the killing of National Democratic Front of the Philippines-Negros peace consultant Rogelio Posadas, 56, who was allegedly slain in an encounter with the military on April 20, 2023 in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental. Posadas was reported missing on the evening of April 19 when… Continue reading Karapatan condemns killing of NDFP consultant Rogelio Posadas, disappearance of 3 others
Karapatan condemns brutal killing of Benito and Wilma Tiamzon and companions, calls for independent probe
Karapatan Press release – https://groups.google.com/g/karapatan-updates/c/LBHvgeO2b_I?pli=1 20 April 2023 Human rights alliance Karapatan condemned the brutal killing of Benito Tiamzon, peacetalks panel member of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, NDFP peace consultant Wilma Austria-Tiamzon, and eight companions. The Tiamzons’ death along with eight others on August 21, 2022 was confirmed in a special issue of… Continue reading Karapatan condemns brutal killing of Benito and Wilma Tiamzon and companions, calls for independent probe
Marcos Jr., NTF-ELCAC’s counterinsurgency program endangers workers’lives, rights
Karapatan Press Release –https://groups.google.com/g/karapatan-updates/c/q0lKb4OS00s?pli=1 24 January 2023 The counterinsurgency program that is being implemented by the MarcosJr. administration, which it continues from previous regimes includingthe Duterte government, through the National Task Force to End LocalCommunist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has resulted in gross violations onthe working people’s right to life and to their freedom of associationand… Continue reading Marcos Jr., NTF-ELCAC’s counterinsurgency program endangers workers’lives, rights
Standing in solidarity with Filipino human rights defenders
Publication: Monday 5 December 2022 at 1pm Manila time Joint statement: Standing in solidarity with Filipino human rights defenders We, the undersigned organisations, express our utmost concern over the ongoing criminalization of ten human rights defenders and members of Karapatan, GABRIELA and the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) in retaliation for their legitimate human… Continue reading Standing in solidarity with Filipino human rights defenders
Karapatan welcomes the concluding observations of the UNHRC on the Philippines
On the UN Human Rights Committee’s concluding observations on the Philippines Karapatan Press Statement – https://www.karapatan.org/On+the+UN+Human+Rights+Committee%E2%80%99s+concluding+observations+on+the+Philippines 7 November 2022 Karapatan welcomes the concluding observations of the United Nations Human Rights Committee on the Philippines, including its significant views on red-tagging, the Anti-Terrorism Act, extrajudicial killings in the government’s war on drugs, among other pressing issues on… Continue reading Karapatan welcomes the concluding observations of the UNHRC on the Philippines