REFERENCE: Danilova Molintas +639602315340 PRESS RELEASE May 3, 2024 Kalikasan PNE condemns fabricated charges against anti-reclamation environmental defender ‘Ansie,’ other activists Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, May 3, 2024 — A militant national network of grassroots environmental groups denounced the trumped-up charges filed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) against environmental defender Anasusa “Ansie”… Continue reading Kalikasan PNE condemns charges against ‘Ansie’ and other activists
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Environmen-tal Defenders Face Trumped-Up Charges.
April 28, 2024 Environmental Defenders Face Trumped-Up Financing Terrorism Charges. Kalikasan PNE and ENVIDEFCON condemn this. In an alarming development, two young human rights defenders from Quezon are now facing trumped-up charges of financing terrorism. Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment and the Environmental Defenders Congress strongly condemns this unjust targeting. Tanggol Quezon Spokesperson Paul… Continue reading Environmen-tal Defenders Face Trumped-Up Charges.
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
International and local groups urge Supreme Court: grant petition of abducted activists Jhed and Jonila
Kalikasan People’s Network for the EnvironmentPRESS RELEASE 5 February 2024 Int’l and local groups urge Supreme Court: grant petition of abducted activists Jhed and Jonila Environmental and human rights groups held a protest action at the Supreme Court and Department of Justice today in support of abducted anti-reclamation activists Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano, decrying… Continue reading International and local groups urge Supreme Court: grant petition of abducted activists Jhed and Jonila
Memory of Dr. Gerry Ortega honoured
Environmental Defenders Congress Press Statement24 January 2024On the 13th Anniversary of the Murder of Dr. Gerry Ortega and UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression and Opinion Irene Khan’s Visit to the PhilippinesOn this somber anniversary and with the timely visit of United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression Irene Khan, to… Continue reading Memory of Dr. Gerry Ortega honoured
Green groups urge UN special rapporteur to investigate attacks against environmental activists
Kalikasan People’s Network for the EnvironmentPress Release23 January 2024Green groups urge UN special rapporteur to investigate attacks against environmental activistsEnvironmental and human rights groups urged United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression and Opinion Irene Khan to investigate the escalating cases of attacks against environmental and human rights defenders during her official visit… Continue reading Green groups urge UN special rapporteur to investigate attacks against environmental activists
Green group decries trumped-up charges against Cebu-based anti-reclamation advocate
PRESS RELEASE 19 December 2023 Green group decries trumped-up charges against Cebu-based anti-reclamation advocate Environmental group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) denounced the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) use of fabricated charges against Cebu-based anti-reclamation advocate John Ruiz III, citing this as a “clear case of the weaponization of the law… Continue reading Green group decries trumped-up charges against Cebu-based anti-reclamation advocate
Green groups sound alarm over latest disappearance of Indigenous rights advocate
KALIKASAN PEOPLE’S NETWORK FOR THE ENVIRONMENT PRESS RELEASE 4 October 2023 Green groups sound alarm over latest disappearance of Indigenous rights advocates Environmental groups expressed “grave concern” over the recent disappearance of Indigenous rights advocates Job David, Peter Del Monte Jr., and Alia Encela in Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro, who were reportedly abducted by the 4th… Continue reading Green groups sound alarm over latest disappearance of Indigenous rights advocate
UN Special Procedures urged to investigate Bulacan reclamation, airport project
Philippine UPR Watch Press ReleaseSeptember 24, 202 Groups hit Philippine gov’t, San Miguel, and Dutch businesses UN Special Procedures urged to investigate Bulacan reclamation, airport project Geneva, Switzerland – Environmental defenders have urged United Special Procedures mandate holders to investigate the negative environmental and social impacts of the USD 15-billion reclamation and airport “aerotropolis’ project… Continue reading UN Special Procedures urged to investigate Bulacan reclamation, airport project
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