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Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment as convenor of the Environmental Defenders Congress

PRESS RELEASESeptember 9, 2023 Independent probe points to possible State role in envi defenders’ abduction, green group says After joining the independent civil society fact-finding mission to locate missing environmental activists Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano, Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment is increasingly convinced of potential State involvement in their disappearance. “To solve a […]

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Surface Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro! Protect Filipino Environmental Defenders Who Preserve Our Planet!

STATEMENT Surface Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro! Protect Filipino Environmental Defenders Who Preserve Our Planet! We, the Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment and the Environmental Defenders Congress, urgently call for the immediate surfacing of Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro, environmental defenders who have gone missing while working with the fishing communities in Orion, Bataan,

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The Philippines: Human Rights Organisations Condemn Renewed Judicial Harassment Against Human Rights Defenders in the Philippines

Dear friends,  We are sharing with you a joint statement of solidarity by eight international human rights NGOs FORUM-Asia, Amnesty International, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD), Front Line Defenders, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH, in the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders), International Network for Economic, Social and

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Green groups raise alarm over Chinese company’s involvement in Manila Bay reclamation

PRESS RELEASEAugust 6, 2023 Green groups raise alarm over Chinese company’s involvement in Manila Bay reclamation Environmental group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) expressed concern over the involvement of a Chinese construction company in reclamation in Manila Bay, after it was revealed that the same company is involved in the construction of

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Environmental defender groups urge probe into military abuses in Mindoro

PRESS RELEASE August 1, 2023Environmental defender groups urge probe into military abuses in MindoroThe Environmental Defenders Congress (ENVIDEFCON) has urged government authorities to investigate reported human rights abuses against the indigenous Mangyan farmers in Mindoro Oriental and Mindoro Occidental. ENVIDEFCON, representing dozens of environmental defense groups across the Philippines, demanded that the Philippine military “respect

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International human rights group message to People’s SONA: we will keep Marcos Jr under surveillance

International human rights group message to People’s SONA: we will keep Marcos Jr under surveillance Press ReleaseJuly 23, 2022 “The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) salutes the mass protests to take place in Manila and across the Philippines on July 24 as President Marcos Jr gives his second State of the Nation

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Environmental defenders and indigenous rights activists are NOT terrorists!

JOINT PRESS STATEMENTJuly 11, 2023 On the ‘terrorist’ designation of Cordilleran activistsEnvironmental defenders and indigenous rights activists are NOT terrorists!The Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (KPNE) and the Environmental Defenders Congress (ENVIDEFCON) strongly condemn the recent terrorist designation imposed by the Anti-terrorism Council (ATC) on Cordilleran activists Sarah Abellon-Alikes, Windel Bolinget, Jen Awingan and

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