MANILA, Philippines — Rights group Karapatan yesterday condemned the Quezon City prosecutor’s office’s decision to dismiss the grave threats complaint filed by ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France ...

Human rights worker and Karapatan National Chairperson Elisa Tita Lubi posted bail after her arrest in Marikina City over an attempted murder charge, Karapatan announced on Tuesday, May 18. “Elisa ...

TERROR DURING THE HOLIDAYS’ A call for justice for the slain peasant leader posted by Karapatan on its Facebook page. Human ...

MANILA, Philippines — Human rights watchdog Karapatan enjoined indigenous peoples rights activists in calling for the release of Lumad leader Michelle Campos and three others allegedly arrested early ...

MANILA, Philippines — Human rights monitor Karapatan on Monday condemned recent attacks against its workers, including threats of arrest against chairperson Elisa Tita Lubi, who is on medical leave.

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.

This is a press release from Karapatan. As August marks the commemoration of the killings of peace advocate Randall “Ka Randy” Echanis and human rights worker Zara Alvarez as well as drug war victims ...

A member of activist rights group Karapatan was arrested in her residence in Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental by joint forces of the police and military on Wednesday. The military believes Jennefer ...

MANILA, Philippines—The head of the human rights group Karapatan (Rights) received recognition from the French and German embassies here for “exceptional contribution to the protection and promotion ...

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 ...

A longstanding human rights organization in the Philippines disclosed on Monday that two of its officers, along with several activists working for other groups, had received death threats. In a series ...

On August 17 in the central Philippine island of Negros, unidentified gunmen fatally shot Zara Alvarez, a legal worker for the human rights group Karapatan. Alvarez, 39, was the thirteenth human ...