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Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 04:31 PM

Gemma, the wife of missing activist Cesar Carreon, reacts as she faces the media during a press conference by rights group Karapatan in Quezon City on Friday. Read more »

'Red October' plot meant to justify attacks on critics, says Karapatan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 03:41 PM

Rights group Karapatan fears that the alleged "Red October" ouster plot against President Rodrigo Duterte will be used to justify attacks on the chief executive's critics. Read more »

Upsurge in 'harassment’ cases reported by some churches, labor, rights groups

Inday Espina-Varona
Updated as of Sep 30 11:51 AM

MANILA - Leaders of some churches, labor and human rights organizations on Sunday vowed to continue challenging alleged abuses of President Rodrigo Duterte’s government amid what they claimed to be a sudden upsurge in surveillance and public vilification. Read more »

Failon Ngayon: Istranded sa paliparan Part 2

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 05:55 PM

Ano nga ba ang mga karapatan ng mga pasahero gn eroplano? Ano ang laman ng Air Passenger Bill of Rights at paano ito makakatulong sa mga mananakay sa himpapawid? Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga karapatan ng pasahero kapag nakansela ang flight

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 18 08:27 PM

Alamin ang iyong karapatan bilang pasahero ng isang airline. Read more »

Elderly Aussie prof held at airport for allegedly joining rally

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 09 01:42 PM

An 84-year-old professor from Australia was barred from entering the Philippines by immigration authorities on Wednesday midnight for alleged joining a rally three years ago. Read more »

Duterte gets failing mark from activists ahead of SONA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 22 03:00 PM

The negative effects of President Rodrigo Duterte's policies far outweigh the positive ones, militant groups said Sunday, a day before the chief executive's 3rd State of the Nation Address (SONA). Read more »

Karapatan, benepisyo ng solo parent, hiling dagdagan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 10:58 PM

Gusto ng DSWD na mabago ang batas sa solo parent upang madagdagan pa ang mga nakapaloob ditong mga karapatan at benepisyo. Read more »

Aarestuhin dahil sa pagiging 'tambay'? Alamin ang iyong karapatan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 25 01:47 AM

Ayon sa Free Legal Assistance Group, narito ang mga dapat tandaan kung nahaharap sa pag-aresto ang indibidwal. Read more »

Human rights advocates hit proposed amendments to anti-terrorism law

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 18 04:47 PM

Human rights advocates fear a fresh crackdown on civil liberties and free speech under a bill that seeks to amend the country’s 11-year-old anti-terrorism law. Read more »

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 »

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