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HRW: Duterte Government Plan Would Outsource Rights Abuses to Armed Civilians https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/07/01/philippines-drop-proposal-new-militia 1 July 2021 (New York) – The Philippine government should immediately drop its plan to organize new militias that would worsen the country’s disastrous human rights situation, Human Rights Watch said today. The Philippines has a long history of arming civilians in militias… Continue reading Philippines: Drop Proposal for New Militia

Karapatan National Press release 29 June 2021 Source:https://www.karapatan.org/karapatan+supports+philippine+human+rights+act+in+the+us+congress+drug+war+victims+efforts+to+pursue+justice+at+icc A day before President Rodrigo Duterte marks his fifth year in office, rights group Karapatan expressed support for the reintroduction of the Philippine Human Rights Act in the US Congress, as well as the participation of drug war victims and their kin in the process of the… Continue reading Karapatan supports Philippine Human Rights Act in the US Congress, drug war victims’ efforts to pursue justice at ICC?

Karapatan National Press release 21 June 2021 Source: https://www.karapatan.org/karapatan+renews+call+for+un+independent+investigation+on+the+philippines+as+killings+violations+continue As the 47th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC) commences today, human rights alliance Karapatan renewed its call on member and observer States to work towards an independent investigation on the human rights situation in the Philippines, especially in the light of… Continue reading Karapatan renews call for UN independent investigation on the Philippines as killings, violations continue?

ICHRP June 16, 2021 Duterte’s reign of terror and brutality in Indigenous communities continues just one day after ICC opened investigation of crimes humanity against the regime. No amount of lies by PH can whitewash the crimes of this regime. –ICHRP Just one day after the International Criminal Court opened investigation of crimes against humanity… Continue reading ICHRP Condemns AFP rape and murder of 3 Lumad youth including 12-Year-old Child

ICHRP June 15, 2021 Source: ICHRP investigation into Duterte’s war on drugs  “The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) praises today’s announcement by the International Criminal Court (ICC) that it will formally seek an investigation into the Philippine government’s deadly ‘war on drugs’”, said ICHRP spokesperson Mr. Peter Murphy. Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda… Continue reading ICHRP lauds landmark ICC investigation into Duterte’s “war on drugs”

Agence France-Presse 14 Jun 2021 Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte on 12 June, 2021 The Philippines left the ICC in 2019 after the court launched a preliminary examination into President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug crackdown. Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP Mon The international criminal court’s chief prosecutor has sought authorisation to open an investigation into crimes against humanity during… Continue reading ICC prosecutor seeks investigation into Philippines ‘war on drugs’ killings: Police are accused of unlawfully killing thousands of civilians between 2016 and 2019 during drug crackdown

Karapatan 10 June 2021 Karapatan National Press release https://www.karapatan.org/karapatan+hits+arrest+and+detention+of+uccp+pastor+continuing+red+tagging+vs+national+organizations+and+leaders Human rights alliance Karapatan called for the immediate release of Pastor Benjie Gomez, a minister of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) in the district of Northern Zamboanga, who was arrested after his worship service last Sunday, June 6, on a trumped-up murder… Continue reading Karapatan hits arrest and detention of UCCP pastor, continuing red-tagging vs national organizations and leaders

8 June 2021 Bärbel Kofler, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy, issued the following statement today (8 June) on the human rights situation in the Philippines: The human rights situation in the Philippines continues to give cause for great concern: I am shocked by the detention of Pastor Dan Balucio, who belongs to the… Continue reading Human Rights Commissioner Bärbel Kofler on the human rights situation in the Philippines Press release

Philippines Australia Solidarity Association (PASA) media release 8 June 2021 Australian Greens Senator, Janet Rice, exposed abuses committed by Australian mining company OceanaGold at a Senate Estimates hearing last Friday. Senator Rice raised concerns the Australian government’s role in ‘advocating for an Australian company with a very poor track record on human rights.’ She said… Continue reading Greens Senator exposes OceanaGold abuses

Karapatan Press release 7 June 2021 Source:https://www.karapatan.org/intl+groups+express+concern+on+philippine+rights+situation+t In a collective letter sent today to Philippine Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo and to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, more than a hundred organizations and individuals expressed their “profound and urgent concern on the recent extrajudicial killings, judicial harassment, arbitrary arrests and detention and threats through red-tagging against human… Continue reading Int’l groups express concern on Philippine rights situation to SC, DOJ