Tag: Karapatan

As of June 30, 2023, Karapatan documented at least 60 victims of EJKs in 40 incidents since Marcos took office

Numerous instances where petitions for the writ have been dismissed, leaving individuals under threat even more vulnerable to harassment

This has the effect of preventing members of these media groups from conducting their work as journalists and also puts them in grave danger

The bishop, who is also one of the convenors of the church-based Pilgrims for Peace assailed the human rights violations in Negros

Karapatan described the terrorist financing charges as “reckless, false and baseless”

A 16-member humanitarian mission went to San Francisco town in Quezon province, but were stopped in several military and police checkpoints

The human rights group also alleged that authorities “planted pieces of evidence” and “perjured testimonies” against the accused

“Such charges are meant to harass and intimidate human rights defenders and journalists to report on the facts and ferret out the truth"

Karapatan slammed the “unsolicited visits” as “blatant invasion of privacy” and “ill-disguised threat and harassment”

HRW found no compelling evidence that the Philippine government was seriously investigating the killings