UPR Watch Press ReleaseSeptember 26, 2023 Lacks “safer environment for civil society”: Philippines Unworthy of UN Security Council Membership, Say Human Rights Groups Geneva, Switzerland—Grave human rights violations in the Philippines, already acknowledged by various UN offices and agencies, alongside insincerity in cooperating with the UN and other international bodies, should stop the Philippine bid… Continue reading Lacks “safer environment for civil society”: Philippines Unworthy of UN Security Council Membership, Say Human Rights Groups
Category: Statements
Global Day of Action to #DefendCordilleraPH
Subject: Global Day of Action to #DefendCordilleraPH Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2023 13:09:40 +0800 From: Romeo Jara <romeo.jara@ipmsdl.org> The Cordillera People have faced countless attacks under the programs of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Through the implementation of the Anti-Terrorism Law of 2020, the Anti Terrorism Council (ATC) has designated… Continue reading Global Day of Action to #DefendCordilleraPH
Filipino Rights Defenders Demand UN Review, Action on Deteriorating Rights Situation
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… Continue reading Filipino Rights Defenders Demand UN Review, Action on Deteriorating Rights Situation
Faith Communities Oppose Use of the Anti-Terrorism Financing Law against Faith-Based Institutions and Human Rights Defenders
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… Continue reading Faith Communities Oppose Use of the Anti-Terrorism Financing Law against Faith-Based Institutions and Human Rights Defenders
International human rights group calls for the surfacing of two abducted women environmental activists in the Philippines
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… Continue reading International human rights group calls for the surfacing of two abducted women environmental activists in the Philippines
AKAP KA Manila Bay
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… Continue reading AKAP KA Manila Bay
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… Continue reading Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment as convenor of the Environmental Defenders Congress
WE WANT THEM BACK! Ecumenical Bishops’ Forum on the abduction of Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro
God is our refuge and strength, a helper who is always found in times of trouble. (Psalm 46:1) Past seven in the evening on September 2, 2023, two young women Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro were snatched from the roadside and pulled into a silver-gray Innova by at least four, plain-clothed men and an accompanying… Continue reading WE WANT THEM BACK! Ecumenical Bishops’ Forum on the abduction of Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro
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,… Continue reading Surface Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro! Protect Filipino Environmental Defenders Who Preserve Our Planet!
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… Continue reading The Philippines: Human Rights Organisations Condemn Renewed Judicial Harassment Against Human Rights Defenders in the Philippines