Tag: Karapatan
Rights group challenges candidates for 2022 elections to lay down platforms
Candidates are urged to present “a clear-cut and comprehensive program" that will include plans to address the pandemic
Rights groups press for ‘overdue accountability’ on Philippine ‘drug war’ killings
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet called on the Philippines to make public the findings of its inter-agency panel that reviewed the 'drug war'
Global civil society alliance appeals for probe into Philippine rights situation
CIVICUS noted that one year on from the adoption of a resolution at the UNHRC, “serious civic freedoms violations continue to occur"
Rights group holds demonstration ahead of President Duterte’s last SONA
Karapatan claims that the government's counterinsurgency campaign resulted in 409 victims since 2016
Philippine human rights group receives recognition from US organization
The Award is presented to Karapatan by the American advocacy group Human Rights First
Rights group calls for probe into killings of former priest, peace...
Former priest Rustico Tan was killed in Cebu while peace consultant Reynaldo Bocala and his aide were killed in Iloilo province
Rights group slams Duterte’s arrest order for improper wearing of masks
Karapatan says the policy is "brazenly unscientific and ineffective" and a form of "disproportionate use of force during a health crisis"
Human rights activist killed in central Philippines
The victim was identified as Zara Alvarez, former education director and a paralegal staff member of rights group Karapatan in Negros.
Rights groups call for release of Filipino activist accused of being...
The groups appealed for the freedom of Teresita Naul, a council member of rights group Karapatan, who was arrested by authorities in Lanao del Norte province in March
Protestant pastor red-tagged, arrested in Bicol
Pastor Dan San Andres, 61, chairman of human rights group Karapatan in the region, was arrested in Sipocot town, Camarines Sur
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