The Rodrigo Duterte regime ended in June 2022, in what seemed to be the longest six years in the recent history of the people’s movement’s advancement of human rights and justice in the Philippines. Duterte had left an indelible legacy of impunity and a massive human rights crisis, half of his term under a pandemic […]
The Ipilan Nickel Corporation has no legal bases to arrest and disperse peaceful protesters. This is a blatant violation of human rights on the part of a mining company that does not even possess the Mayor’s legal permit to operate. These videos taken on 14th April by the blockade participants are an incontrovertible and disturbing evidence of
The international nonprofit Global Witness has ranked the Philippines at the top of its list of deadliest countries to be an eco-activist. Dozens of environmentalists and land defenders also die each year or end up on government watch lists. The WorldMarch 31, 2023 · 1:45 PM EDT https://theworld.org/stories/2023-03-31/philippines-among-most-dangerous-places-world-environmental-activists Environmental activist Windel Bolinget remembers what it
Groups, victim to UN: No justice, no peace under Marcos Jr. government Philippine UPR Watch Press release –https://groups.google.com/g/karapatan-updates/c/iMMffVVQcag?pli=1 March 27, 2023 Rights group Karapatan, local and international lawyers, and anabduction survivor belied assertions by Philippine government that thehuman rights situation in the Philippines has improved under theFerdinand Marcos Jr. administration. In an oral statement at
Karapatan Press release –https://groups.google.com/g/karapatan-updates/c/b74-niZqwko?pli=1 March 24, 2023 Ahead of the adoption of the recommendations made by United Nations (UN)member states during the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on thestate of human rights in the Philippines last November 2022, Filipinohuman rights defenders from the Philippine UPR Watch again appealed forinternational support to put a stop to
Subject: PRESS RELEASE: The world should be worried about the Marcos government bombing its own people– Global Indigenous Peoples organization Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 18:07:15 +0800 From: Romeo Jara <romeo.jara@ipmsdl.org> The world should be worried about the Marcos government bombing its own people– Global Indigenous Peoples organization PRESS RELEASE March 22, 2023 Reference: Romeo Jara,
Cordillera Peoples AlliancePublic Information CommissionPRESS RELEASE: Northern Luzon regions rally together for judicial and legislative reforms to address HRVs From March 20-21, 2023, Indigenous and human rights groups from North Luzon are engaging the Commission on Human Rights in a dialogue and are lobbying the House of Representatives to give attention and urgent response to
Cordillera Peoples AlliancePublic Information CommissionDefend NL 7: Thank you for your support. We fight on!Joint Statement of the Cordillera Peoples Allianceand the Cordillera Human Rights AllianceL-R: Steve Tauli, Sarah Abellon, Niño Oconer, Windel Bolinget, Renz KangOn February 20, 2023, Sarah Abellon, Windel Bolinget, Lulu Gimenez, Florence Kang, Niño Oconer, and Steve Tauli falsely accused of
