Tag: Karapatan

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

Karapatan expressed support for the refiling of bills seeking the enactment of the proposed measure before the 19th Congress

UN Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor called on the Philippine government to protect human rights defenders in the country

Karapatan said the arrest and charges leveled against Macapanpan are “reprisals on her advocacy work for the environment"

She worked with martial law survivors and rights advocates in pursuing the class action suit against the estate of the late dictator Marcos