MANILA, Philippines — Seven human rights workers, including a former officer of Karapatan-Southern Tagalog, were arrested illegally in Puerto Princesa, Palawan on Friday, human rights group Karapatan ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) has disputed a rights advocate group’s accusations that authorities refused to return the slain activists’ remains, saying only families have ...

MANILA, Philippines—President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday slammed human rights group Karapatan, calling it a “front” of communists rebels and an “organization of demons in the Philippines.” Speaking ...

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.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PIA)—The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) continues its effort to expand human rights education to grassroots communities in northern Mindanao through the second phase of its ...

This was how human-rights group Karapatan described the Philippine government’s supposed “victory” after the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted its human rights report card. Karapatan ...

Human rights group Karapatan has submitted to the United Nations records of extrajudicial killings (EJK) under the Duterte administration. The 47 EJK records have been submitted to United Nations ...

President Duterte’s threats to arrest those who oppose martial law in Mindanao and his orders to the military to kill civilians reek of his authoritarian tendencies and his propensity to commit ...

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 ...

Men alleged to have killed three lumad leaders last Sept. 1 in Barangay Diatgon, Lianga, Surigao del Sur, have been identified after a thorough investigation conducted by the Philippine National ...