Dear friends and colleagues, We are writing to call for your support for the call to release Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro, two women youth environmental advocates from the Philippines who were abducted last September 2, 2023 in Bataan province. They were conducting a research on the impacts of land reclamation in Manila Bay and […]
PRESS RELEASEPhilippine Universal Periodic Review Watch (PUPR Watch) REFERENCES:Beverly LongidKatribu Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas+639279019830 (Whatsapp) Atty. Krissy ContiNational Union of Peoples’ Lawyers+639298207000 (Whatsapp, Viber, Telegram) Clemente BautistaKalikasan People’s Network for the Environment+639171372930 (Whatsapp, Viber) Filipino Rights Defenders Demand UN Review, Action on Deteriorating Rights Situation Geneva, Switzerland — Filipino human rights advocates seek
PRESS STATEMENT 15 September 2023 RIGHTS GROUPS DENOUNCE STATEMENTS BY NTF-ELCAC, PNP ON THE CASE OF JONILA CASTRO AND JHED TAMANO Today’s press conference by the National Task Force to End Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) confirms what we have been stated as a stark possibility — that State actors
The members of the US-based Philippines Faith Working Group organized under the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) condemns the Marcos Administration for its trumped-up charges and forfeiture proceedings against the bank accounts, properties, and other assets of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines, the United Church of Christ in the Philippines
As Global Witness release their 2023 annual Environmental Rights Defenders report, Standing Firm – On the frontline of defending their environment, the Philippines maintains its place with the highest number of environmental defenders killed in Asia, and the deadliest country for environmental defenders outside of Latin America – a shameful 3rd place worldwide. Global Witness points
Media Statement September 11, 2023 The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) joins the call of progressive and human rights groups to surface Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano. The two women environmental activists were reportedly abducted last September 2 by four armed men aboard a sports utility vehicle in front of the
This fact-finding mission (FFM) was conducted on September 4, 2023 to September 5, 2023 in Orion, Bataan. Members of the FFM were able to gather the following information regarding the reported abduction: Jonila Castro, 21 years old, and Jhed Tamano, 22 years old, are both community volunteers of the Alyansa para sa Pagtatanggol sa Kabuhayan,
Press Release 9 September 2023 Harassment and intimidation against anti-reclamation activists and fishermen have been rampant since San Miguel Corporation started displacing communities and after the then-Duterte government enacted RA11506, an act granting San Miguel Inc. a franchise to construct, develop, establish, operate, and maintain International Airport and adjacent airport city. In 2020, an army
