Press Release March 6, 2024 References: Lia Mai Torres/Center for Environmental Concerns (+639097273371)Atty. Ma. Sol Taule/Karapatan (+639452966916) Filipino rights defenders in UN to support calls for NTF-ELCAC abolition GENEVA, Switzerland—A delegation of Filipino human rights defenders is attending the 55th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC) in Geneva, Switzerland to… Continue reading Filipino rights defenders in UN to support calls for NTF-ELCAC abolition
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Rights group welcomes UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan call for Marcos Jr. to abolish NTF-ELCAC, act decisively against red tagging
ICHRP Secretariat Press ReleaseFebruary 4, 2024 The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) is greatly encouraged by the 8-page Preliminary Observations of UN Special Rapporteur Ms Irene Khan, aimed at enhancing freedom of expression, democracy and human rights in the Philippines. ICHRP welcomes her specific calls for the abolition of the National Task Force… Continue reading Rights group welcomes UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan call for Marcos Jr. to abolish NTF-ELCAC, act decisively against red tagging
International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) Gathers in Bangkok to Condemn US-Backed War Crimes of Philippine State and Commit to Growing Solidarity Movement for a Just and Lasting Peace
Press ReleaseNovember 11, 2023 Bangkok, Thailand— Over 100 human rights advocates from over 30 organizations across the globe held a 3 day conference and assembly to decry the implementation of US counterinsurgency tactics in the Philippines and to advance international defense of human rights under the new Marcos regime. Throughout the conference, human rights experts… Continue reading International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) Gathers in Bangkok to Condemn US-Backed War Crimes of Philippine State and Commit to Growing Solidarity Movement for a Just and Lasting Peace
Marcos Jr., NTF-ELCAC’s counterinsurgency program endangers workers’lives, rights
Karapatan Press Release –https://groups.google.com/g/karapatan-updates/c/q0lKb4OS00s?pli=1 24 January 2023 The counterinsurgency program that is being implemented by the MarcosJr. administration, which it continues from previous regimes includingthe Duterte government, through the National Task Force to End LocalCommunist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has resulted in gross violations onthe working people’s right to life and to their freedom of associationand… Continue reading Marcos Jr., NTF-ELCAC’s counterinsurgency program endangers workers’lives, rights