Ferdinand Marcos Jr

Philippines’ Marcos is overseeing an era of terror

By a Transport Union Activist 17th September 2024 On 23 August 2024, James Jazmines attended the 66th birthday dinner of his friend Felix Salaveria Jr. at a restaurant in Tabaco in Alabay Province, in the Philippines along with other members of Cycling Advocates (CYCAD) a cycling club which promotes bicycle riding and supports environmental campaigning… Continue reading Philippines’ Marcos is overseeing an era of terror

Stop bombing fragile Key Biodiversity Areas! Joint Statement

Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment and Environmental Defenders Congress April 6, 2024 REFERENCE: Danilova Molintas +639602315340 WhatsApp/Viber Stop bombing fragile Key Biodiversity Areas! Ban indiscriminate aerial strikes! Investigate the environmental impacts of military operations! Defend our environment! Defend our people! The Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment and the Environmental Defenders Congress decry the… Continue reading Stop bombing fragile Key Biodiversity Areas! Joint Statement

Kalikasan condemns violent dispersal of anti-mining protesters in Palawan, calls for end to ‘illegal’ mining

Press Release 27 October 2023 Environmental group condemns violent dispersal of anti-mining protesters in Palawan, calls for end to ‘illegal’ mining Environmental group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) condemned the recent violent dispersal of advocates protesting against mining operations in Brooke’s Point, Palawan, and expressed its support in the demand to immediately… Continue reading Kalikasan condemns violent dispersal of anti-mining protesters in Palawan, calls for end to ‘illegal’ mining

Filipino rights defenders urge UNHRC to take decisive action on attacks vs human rights defenders in PH

Press Statement19 September 2023 REFERENCES: Beverly Longid, +63 920 919 1820Clemente Bautista: +639171372930Heads of Delegation, Philippine UPR Watch Filipino rights defenders urge UNHRC to take decisive action on attacks vs human rights defenders in PHAs the world commemorates the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, the Philippine Universal Periodic Review… Continue reading Filipino rights defenders urge UNHRC to take decisive action on attacks vs human rights defenders in PH

Filipino rights defenders urge UNHRC to take decisive action on attacks vs human rights defenders in PH

Petition to release Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro

Dear friends and colleagues, We are writing to call for your support for the call to release Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro, two women youth environmental advocates from the Philippines who were abducted last September 2, 2023 in Bataan province. They were conducting a research on the impacts of land reclamation in Manila Bay and… Continue reading Petition to release Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro

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

Philippines still ranked 3rd worldwide on environmental defender deaths

As Global Witness release their 2023 annual Environmental Rights Defenders report, Standing Firm – On the frontline of defending their environment, the Philippines maintains its place with the highest number of environmental defenders killed in Asia, and the deadliest country for environmental defenders outside of Latin America – a shameful 3rd place worldwide. Global Witness points… Continue reading Philippines still ranked 3rd worldwide on environmental defender deaths

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