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… Continue reading Environmental defender groups urge probe into military abuses in Mindoro
Category: Statements
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… Continue reading International human rights group message to People’s SONA: we will keep Marcos Jr under surveillance
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… Continue reading Environmental defenders and indigenous rights activists are NOT terrorists!
Rights defenders urge the United Nations (UN) anew to investigate human rights violations amid worsening economic crisis
KALIKASAN PEOPLE’S NETWORK FOR THE ENVIRONMENTPRESS STATEMENTJuly 1, 2023 Rights defenders urge the United Nations (UN) anew to investigate human rights violations amid worsening economic crisis Geneva, Switzerland — Philippine human rights defenders personally brought concerns gravely affecting the Filipino people to the attention of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and its Special… Continue reading Rights defenders urge the United Nations (UN) anew to investigate human rights violations amid worsening economic crisis
Letter to President Marcos Jr. on the massacre of the Fausto family
Letter to President Marcos Jr. on the massacre of the Fausto family This letter was originally sent to President Marcos Jr. and the Malacañang Palace via email by ICHRP Canada on June 22, 2023. 22 June 2023 AN OPEN LETTERTo President Ferdinand R. Marcos, JrRE: The massacre of the Fausto family Mr. President, The International Coalition for Human… Continue reading Letter to President Marcos Jr. on the massacre of the Fausto family
Amnesty International appeal for Cordillera activists Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz Jamil “Bazoo” de Jesus
Attached a link to the appeal by Amnesty International concerning the disappearances last April 28 of two Cordillera activists Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz Jamil “Bazoo” de Jesus. Please join Amnesty’s letter writing campaign.https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa35/6791/2023/en/#
Philippines: Acquittal of Leila de Lima long-overdue after ‘bogus’ charges
Amnesty International Statement © AFP via Getty Images Court dismissed one of two remaining drug charges against Leila de Lima. De Lima is one of the staunchest critics of former President Rodrigo Duterte. Arrested in 2017 after seeking to investigate human rights violations committed in the so-called “war on drugs” ‘De Lima should not have… Continue reading Philippines: Acquittal of Leila de Lima long-overdue after ‘bogus’ charges
SUMKAD for land, life, and honor!
Cordillera Peoples AlliancePublic Information CommissionCENTRAL STATEMENTon the 39th Peoples Cordillera DayWe mark the 39th Peoples’ Cordillera Day with a united battle cry- SUMKAD for land, life, and honor! Sumkad, meaning to rise, resist, defend, is a word with an all-too-familiar meaning in our history of struggle as Cordillera Peoples. In the 70s and 80s, the… Continue reading SUMKAD for land, life, and honor!
Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (KPNE)Earth Day 2023 Press StatementApril 22, 2023
Laban Kalikasan! Earth Day 2023 Statement We, Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment, join the broad masses of the Filipino people in the fight against the continuing environmental devastation and plunder under the Marcos-Duterte administration. Hardly a year into the new administration, the Filipino people have already witnessed how Marcos Jr.’s policies have ultimately worsened… Continue reading Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (KPNE)Earth Day 2023 Press StatementApril 22, 2023
Karapatan condemns brutal killing of Benito and Wilma Tiamzon and companions, calls for independent probe
Karapatan Press release – https://groups.google.com/g/karapatan-updates/c/LBHvgeO2b_I?pli=1 20 April 2023 Human rights alliance Karapatan condemned the brutal killing of Benito Tiamzon, peacetalks panel member of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, NDFP peace consultant Wilma Austria-Tiamzon, and eight companions. The Tiamzons’ death along with eight others on August 21, 2022 was confirmed in a special issue of… Continue reading Karapatan condemns brutal killing of Benito and Wilma Tiamzon and companions, calls for independent probe