CEBU – Militant human rights group Karapatan supports and welcomes the order of the new Philippine National Police chief Jesus Verzosa scrapping the old practice of presentation of suspects to the ...

Human rights groups Karapatan and the Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) on Wednesday held a protest at the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the release of political ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) has disputed a rights advocate group’s accusations that authorities refused to return the slain activists’ remains, saying only families have ...

MANILA, Philippines — Seven human rights workers, including a former officer of Karapatan-Southern Tagalog, were arrested illegally in Puerto Princesa, Palawan on Friday, human rights group Karapatan ...

A rights group on Monday urged the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to probe the alleged murder of five suspected rebels, including a lawyer, in a military operation in Bilar, Bohol last Friday.

MANILA, Philippines — Human rights watchdog Karapatan on Tuesday called for an investigation into the alleged abduction of two activists in Albay. The missing individuals — James Jazmines, 63, and ...

The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources about the surveillance, threats, and harassment suffered by several human rights workers at the Southern Mindanao Region Chapter of the Alliance ...

Akbayan Party-list Rep. Chel Diokno on Wednesday filed a measure seeking to safeguard the rights and welfare of online ...

Several sectoral and progressive groups take their outrage to the streets continuing the call to junk the anti-terrorism bill MANILA, Philippines – Several sectoral and progressive groups continued ...

The Pasig mayor intervenes in a tussle between unionist and pro-management workers, and defends the protesters' right to remain on strike MANILA, Philippines – Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto took the ...