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Green groups urge UN special rapporteur to investigate attacks against environmental activists

Kalikasan People’s Network for the EnvironmentPress Release23 January 2024Green groups urge UN special rapporteur to investigate attacks against environmental activistsEnvironmental and human rights groups urged United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression and Opinion Irene Khan to investigate the escalating cases of attacks against environmental and human rights defenders during her official visit […]

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Human Rights Watch World Report 2024

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/philippines Human Rights Watch report on the state of human rights across the world at the end of 2023 includes an assessment of the continuing plight of pro-rights groups in the Philippines: “The human rights situation in the Philippines remains dire amid extrajudicialkillings, attacks against political activists and journalists, and abuses committed during the armed

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Resume Peace Talks, Resolve the Roots of the Armed Conflict!

Press Release December 16, 2023 The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) joins the Filipino people in amplifying the call for the resumption of the peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). “The Oslo Communique signed last November

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DEFEND MANILA BAY & PEOPLES RISING FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE PHILIPPINES

Press Release9 December 2023*Embargoed until December 9, 6 PM Hundreds join ‘lantern parade’ against reclamation, for climate justice In line with the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice, environmental and climate advocates joined forces today for a lantern parade, December 9, calling for an end to reclamation projects in Manila Bay and for climate

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Green group decries trumped-up charges against Cebu-based anti-reclamation advocate

PRESS RELEASE 19 December 2023 Green group decries trumped-up charges against Cebu-based anti-reclamation advocate Environmental group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) denounced the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) use of fabricated charges against Cebu-based anti-reclamation advocate John Ruiz III, citing this as a “clear case of the weaponization of the law

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DAY OF ACTION AGAINST TERRORIST DESIGNATION

Cordillera Peoples AlliancePublic Information CommissionDAY OF ACTION AGAINST TERRORIST DESIGNATION:STAND WITH CPA, DEFEND CORDILLERA PH!On November 23, we stand against the trumped-up terrorist designation of the four Cordillera Peoples Alliance leaders Windel Bolinget, Sarah Alikes, Jen Awingan, and Steve Tauli. This is also in line with the International Day Against Impunity. We believe that such

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Abolish controversial Philippines anti-insurgency programme that targets environmental defenders: UN special rapporteur Ian Fry

The environmental law expert tells Eco-Business after his 10-day visit to the country why the anti-insurgency task force should be disbanded, and why it is crucial for President Marcos, Jr to attend the upcoming COP28 climate talks. By Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez https://www.eco-business.com/news/abolish-controversial-philippines-anti-insurgency-programme-that-targets-environmental-defenders-un-special-rapporteur-ian-fry/ Nov. 21, 2023 Australian environmental law and policy expert Ian Fry last visited

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ICHRP applauds joint statement towards re-start of peace talks between Manila government and National Democratic Front of the Philippines

StatementNovember 20, 2023 Seemingly against all odds, the new Marcos Jr administration sent out feelers for peace talks to the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) within a few months of inauguration, and the result is the announcement this week that a significant four-paragraph communique was signed at the Oslo City Hall on November

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