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Karapatan: Roque remark linking rights groups to drug syndicates 'dangerous'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 27 01:31 PM

MANILA - A human rights group on Tuesday said a Malacañang official's remark linking rights organizations to drug syndicates was dangerous and has put advocates' lives on the line. Read more »

ALAMIN: Batayang karapatan ng kababaihan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 08 06:37 PM

Ano nga ba ang ilan sa mga batayang karapatan ng kababaihan sa ilalim ng batas? Read more »

Farmers file first torture complaint vs AFP under Mindanao martial law

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 03 01:18 AM

TORTURED, SET ON FIRE: Two farmers and part-time small-scale miners filed a complaint at the Commission on Human Rights over the supposed first documented case of torture allegedly perpetrated by soldiers while martial rule is in effect in Mindanao. Read more »

Meryl Streep, nagkuwento tungkol sa pagsusulong ng women's rights

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 01:21 AM

Gaya ng kaniyang karakter sa pelikula, aktibo rin sa totoong buhay si Meryl Streep sa pagsusulong ng pantay na karapatan para sa kababaihan.  Read more »

Human rights group slams Palace for criticizing UN execs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 31 01:14 PM

Human rights group Karapatan on Sunday lashed out at Malacañang for chiding 2 United Nations (UN) special rapporteurs who criticized the impact of martial law on Lumad communities in Mindanao.  Read more »

Palace sees 'propaganda' in new EJK cases before UN

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 11:18 AM

The cases over supposed extrajudicial killings (EJKs) filed by leftist group Karapatan before the United Nations only serve "propaganda purposes," Malacañang said Sunday. Read more »

A call for justice

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 08:47 PM

Human rights advocates light candles in protest of President Duterte's war on drugs in Quezon City on Friday, ahead of Human Rights Day on December 10. Read more »

Special task group formed to probe ambush of rights workers in Negros

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 30 04:27 AM

A special investigation task group was formed by the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office to look into the killings of two human rights workers in Bayawan, Negros Oriental. Read more »

Lawmakers urge probe on killings of human rights workers in Negros

Inday Espina-Varona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 29 06:56 PM

Lawmakers from the militant Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives said Wednesday they would push for an investigation of the November 28 killings of two human rights workers in Bayawan town, Negros Island. Read more »

Group condemns attack on human rights workers

Mark Saludes, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 29 04:08 PM

Church and rights groups in the Philippines condemned the attack on a 30-member fact-finding mission on November 28 in Negros Oriental that led to the killings of two rights workers and critically injured one youth leader. Read more »

Duterte grants conditional pardon to 10 inmates

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 07 05:43 PM

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has granted 10 inmates conditional pardon, a move welcomed by the human rights group Karapatan. Read more »

The Day in Photos, 26 May 2017

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 27 11:31 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos.  Read more »

Martial law: Ano ito at ang iyong mga karapatan sa ilalim nito?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 07 01:42 PM

Sa ilalim ng batas militar, protektado pa rin ang pangunahing karapatan ng mga mamamayan.  Read more »

10 years after, justice for Jonas Burgos still nowhere in sight

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 28 04:30 PM

Family and friends of missing farmer-activist Jonas Burgos on Friday held a protest outside Camp Aguinaldo to call for justice and accountability for his disappearance. Read more »

Bagong Davao City Police Office chief, sinalubong ng protesta

Rodirey Salas, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 05 11:07 AM

DAVAO CITY – Sinalubong ng protesta ang ikalawang araw ni Senior Superintendent Alexander Tagum, bilang bagong Davao City Police Office (DCPO) Director Martes ng hapon. Read more »

Duterte's all-out war criticized

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 10 11:13 PM

Human rights advocates from Karapatan and Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas hold a protest rally outside Camp Aguinaldo on Friday. They denounced the declaration of President Rodrigo Duterte of an all-out-war against the New People's Army, which would allegedly result in human rights violations and killings. Read more »

9 years and counting: Daughter of desaparecido awaits day of justice

Ana Margarita Palma, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 10 06:08 PM

For the past nine years, Aya Velasco has been searching for the man she calls "Tatay." Read more »

Free hugs and kisses for release of political prisoners offered

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 04:26 PM

On the eve of International Human Rights Day (Dec. 10), human rights group Karapatan-Metro Manila offered free hugs and kisses to the public at the solidarity fasting center in Mendiola, Manila on Friday. Read more »

Relief of cops not enough, say Bacolod activists

Barbara Mijares, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 20 09:08 PM

BACOLOD CITY - Members of Karapatan-Negros Island Region and Bayan Negros held an indignation rally at the provincial capitol Thursday afternoon to call for justice for the victims of the violent dispersal of their comrades in front of the U.S. Embassy in Manila Wednesday. Read more »

Poll bets are top victims of cyberbullying: CHR

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 11 01:51 PM

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expressed alarm over rising cases of cyberbullying against election candidates as the May 9 polls draw near. Read more »