Human rights alliance Karapatan hailed a Manila court’s ruling on the petition by the Department of Justice to proscribe the CPP-NPA a terrorist organization, saying it is a victory against “State terrorism and intolerance to political dissent.”

Feb 27, 2024 · KARAPATAN condemns the reported extrajudicial killings of five hors de combat in a supposed armed encounter between the New People’s Army (NPA) and combined forces of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)’s Task Force Bohol and 47th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (IBPA) in Sitio Matin-ao 2 ...

Oct 4, 2023 · MANILA, Philippines — Rights groups have condemned military personnel’s “disturbingly familiar script” in tagging the eight civilians it killed in a single day — on September 21 — as alleged...

Mar 19, 2025 · KARAPATAN condemned the latest spate of human rights violations and violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) in Negros island. On the night of March 7, 2025, Noynoy Ponteras and Marisa Pobresa, both members of the New People’s Army (NPA), were reportedly abducted in Bacolod City by elements of the Criminal Investigation and ...

Feb 27, 2024 · The Central Visayas chapter of the rights group Karapatan has earlier called for an investigation on the operation, which it described as a “massacre,” claiming the slain rebels did not die in an encounter with government troops but were allegedly captured, tortured and killed.

Oct 4, 2023 · MANILA, Philippines — A human rights watchdog said that three “rights advocates” were reportedly abducted by the Philippine Army, however, the latter insisted that the three personalities were arrested for being members of the New People’s Army (NPA).

Oct 3, 2022 · CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines — The human rights alliance Karapatan has welcomed the ruling of a Manila court on the case against the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing New People’s Army (NPA) calling it a “victory against State terrorism and intolerance to political dissent.”

Oct 9, 2019 · The human rights group Karapatan has insisted there were irregularities in the recent arrest of seven suspected New People’s Army (NPA) members in a checkpoint outside the city proper last Sunday.

Jan 14, 2023 · CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – Human rights watchdog Karapatan has demanded an investigation into the alleged abduction and torture of pregnant communist rebels by soldiers in Butuan City.

Karapatan Alliance Philippines (commonly shortened to Karapatan, which translates to rights in Filipino) is a left-wing [1][2][3] non-governmental organization and human rights alliance [4] that conducts research and advocacy of human rights campaigns as well as monitoring and documentation of human rights violations in the Philippines ...