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KARAPATAN Human Rights Update – https://groups.google.com/g/karapatan-updates/c/W8hDuLPFC7I?pli=1 Dear friends, We are forwarding this solidarity statement signed by 11 human rights groups and civil society organizations as well as partners in the HRD Memorial network expressing concern regarding the killings of human rights defenders and persistent impunity for the perpetrators of such killings in the Philippines. The […]

Date: 12 August 2021 Source: Doughty street chambers On behalf of the international legal team representing award-winning journalist Maria Ressa, Amal Clooney and Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC welcomed the dismissal of a spurious libel prosecution that had been filed against her. This development follows the dismissal of another libel charge just two months ago.  This latest case arose out of public

GABRYELLE DUMALAG, Bulatlat.com 1 August 2021 MANILA — If President Rodrigo Duterte’s last and longest State of the Nation Address is any indication, the rest of his remaining months in office may just be as deadly as in his last five years in office for many Filipino environment defenders. Human rights and environmental groups here

Ted Regencia Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/15/investigate-ph-human-rights-report 15 July 2021 Duterte, whose term ends next year, has pledged that his government will not cooperate with the possible ICC investigation [File: Erik De Castro/Reuters] Choking back her tears, Llore Pasco still wonders if she did enough to protect her sons, Crisanto, a father of four and a security guard,

info@ipmsdl.org 5 July 2021 The International Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self-Determination and Liberation  (IPMSDL) welcomes the recommendation to dismiss the trumped-up murder charges filed against Windel Bolinget and fellow activists on grounds of lack of probable cause. This recommendation was made by the Prosecutor’s Office of the Regional Trial Court Branch 20 in Tagum City,

Hansard 2 July 2021 Crispin Blunt Conservative, Reigate To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to challenge impunity for killings of LGBTI defenders in the Philippines. Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 2 July 2021, cW) Nigel Adams Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development

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