Human Rights

Church worker in UN reveals continuing rights violations in the PH

GENEVA, Switzerland–A protestant church worker revealed continuing human rights violations in the Philippines under the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government at the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC) in this city. National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) program secretary

March 23, 2023

Human Rights·Institutions

Karapatan Monitor for January to June 2024

July 18, 2024 FERDINAND MARCOS JR.’S RANK HYPOCRISY AND DENIALISM IN THE FACE OF ESCALATING HUMAN RIGHTS AND IHL VIOLATIONS Rank hypocrisy and denialism marked the first six months of 2024 under the Marcos Jr. regime. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delved into his

July 18, 2024

Human Rights·Institutions

Statement at the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security hearing on red-tagging

Statement at the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security by Cristina Palabay, Karapatan Secretary General November 24, 2020 Magandang araw po, Mr. Chair. Statement at the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security by Cristina Palabay, Karapatan Secretary

March 13, 2024

Human Rights·Institutions

Duterte term-ender and 2022 Marcos Jr year-end report

Duterte term-ender report – Rodrigo Duterte and His Crass Legacy of Mass Murder and State TerrorThe Rodrigo Duterte regime ended in June 2022, in what seemed to be the longest six years in the recent history of the people’s movement’s advancement of

March 13, 2024

Human Rights·Institutions

Karapatan Monitor for January to March 2023 – Karapatan May 13, 2023

Cycle of Fascist Violence Under Marcos Jr. THE MARCOS REGIME confirmed in the first quarter of 2023 that it is deadset on perpetuating the same anti-people political and economic policies and human rights violations committed by its predecessors. From extrajudicial killings to

March 13, 2024

Human Rights·Institutions

Karapatan Monitor for April to June 2023

FERDINAND MARCOS JR.: Successor of His Father’s Reign of Terror and Copy-Cat of Duterte’s Malicious BrutalityMarcos Jr.’s First Year of TerrorAFTER A YEAR IN POWER and fashioning himself like his father, Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has proven to be a virtual clone

March 13, 2024

Human Rights·Institutions

On the Philippine government’s statements at the UNHRC and the Marcos-Duterte admin’s human rights coordinating council

KARAPATAN takes exception to statements by Philippine government representatives at the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland regarding the supposed reforms that it has undertaken to uphold human rights and its plans to establish a human rights

March 13, 2024

Human Rights·Institutions

2023 Karapatan Year-End Report on the Human Rights Situation in the Philippines

After a year and a half in power, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has more and more epitomized the fascist and terrorist nature of his rule. On the one hand, he presents a carefully cultivated “presidential” image, never delving into his regime’s sordid human

March 13, 2024

Alternative media·Feature·Human Rights·Media

On the listing of 3 media organizations as front organizations: Unconstitutional, dangerous

Altermidya Network denounces the unconstitutional, undemocratic, and dangerous resolution released by the Kalinga Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC). The resolution urging the local government to require permits for activities comes with a list of 18 so-called Communist

June 14, 2023

Alternative media·Human Rights·Oppression·Revolutionary movement

Reds to try killers of NDFP peace consultant Posadas

The New People’s Army (NPA) in Negros Island announced the killers of National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant Rogelio Posadas will be tried by the “Revolutionary People’s Court” in the island. NPA-Negros’ Apolinario Gatmaitan Command spokesperson Maoche Legislador in

June 14, 2023

Alternative media·Education·Human Rights·Indigenous peoples·Political Prisoners

Lumad teachers, brothers unfazed after unjust imprisonment

From top to bottom and left to right: Lerma Diagone, Jeffry Diagone, Mawing Pangadas, Ismael Pangadas. May 2023. (Photo by Geela Garcia) By GEELA GARCIA Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY – A few steps away from a safe house, one can hear the Pangadas

June 13, 2023