“Karapatan reiterates its opposition on the bill lowering the age of criminal responsibility as Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III refiled it on Monday, July 1 despite strong condemnation from various groups and individuals when it was filed in the 17th Congress,” Jose Mari Callueng, Karapatan National Council member, said. read more
Environmental groups trooping in front of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) July 2 to support the ongoing barricade of the people of Didipio against Oceanagold. (Photo by John Aaron Mark Macaraeg/Bulatlat) “The ongoing barricade by the affected citizens in Nueva Vizcaya echoes the battle that we’ve been long fighting. We want them gone and…
While their colleagues, including other party list representatives, are busy with infighting for the speakership of the HOR, the Leftist lawmakers submitted both new and their old legislative measures and made sure they are among the first to file them.
Nakaranas din ang Quick Reaction Team ng Karapatan-ST nang harasment sa militar at pulis matapos silang magsagawa ng humanitarian mission.
By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA — Former PTV cameraman, Reymund Paciol, was shot dead by an unidentified gunman in front of his house in Tagum City, June 30. Tagum City police reportedly received a call at 5:45 p.m., informing that a shooting incident had transpired at purok Galingan, barangay Mankilam, Tagum City. When authorities…
Mariing kinukundena ng Karapatan ang tahasang paglabag sa karapatan ng mga manggagawa ng Peerless Products Manufacturing Corporation (Pepmaco) sa Laguna. Ang Pepmaco ang gumagawa ng mga sabong panlaba kagaya ng Champion at Calla, Systema toothpaste at Hana shampoo. read more
“In light of the Court of Appeals 14th Division’s dismissal of Karapatan’s amparo and habeas data petition, more cases of red-tagging have been reported in various parts of the country. Karapatan Central Visayas chairperson Phoebe Zoe Sanchez, also a professor in UP, recently received a death threat and women human rights lawyers in Mindanao were…
In its decision, the Court said it gave weight to the testimonies of prosecution witnesses identifying Nuguid as the one who shot Geertmen at his back with a calibre .38 revolver.