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
Tag: Killings in the Philippines
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
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
URGENT ALERT Philippines: 2 IP rights defenders illegally detained, 2 others missing
On April 24, two organizers from BALATIK (Bond and Strength of Indigenous Peoples in Southern Tagalog), Mary Joyce Lizada and Arnulfo Aumentado, went missing while doing field work in relation to a series of shelling by the Philippine Military in Oriental Mindoro, an island 7 hours away from Manila. Days after they went missing, and… Continue reading URGENT ALERT Philippines: 2 IP rights defenders illegally detained, 2 others missing
Karapatan condemns killing of NDFP consultant Rogelio Posadas, disappearance of 3 others
KARAPATAN PRESS RELEASE – https://groups.google.com/g/karapatas 25 April 2023 Human rights alliance Karapatan condemned the killing of National Democratic Front of the Philippines-Negros peace consultant Rogelio Posadas, 56, who was allegedly slain in an encounter with the military on April 20, 2023 in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental. Posadas was reported missing on the evening of April 19 when… Continue reading Karapatan condemns killing of NDFP consultant Rogelio Posadas, disappearance of 3 others
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
UPR Watch appeal for international support to stop killings in the Philippines
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… Continue reading UPR Watch appeal for international support to stop killings in the Philippines
Ericson Acosta killed
Writer, musician, rebel Ericson Acosta slain in Negros Occidental clash NOV 30, 2022 2:06 PM PHT INDAY ESPINA-VARONA INFO FacebookTwitterCopy URL While the military has yet to identify the slain rebels, the National Democratic Front-Negros confirms Acosta’s death but claims he was captured alive, then murdered BACOLOD, Philippines – Army troops from the 94th infantry… Continue reading Ericson Acosta killed
Massacres Continue in the Philippines: The New Bataan Five
Cebu-based lawyer ambushed, 57th killed under Duterte
Date: 26 August 2021 Source: Bulatlat.com By EMILY VITAL MANILA — Human rights lawyer Rex JMA Fernandez was ambushed by a lone assailant this afternoon August 26 in Good Shepherd Road, Banawa, Cebu City. He was 64. According to the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL)’s count, Fernandez is the 57th in the list of… Continue reading Cebu-based lawyer ambushed, 57th killed under Duterte