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
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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
The Philippines: Human Rights Organisations Condemn Renewed Judicial Harassment Against Human Rights Defenders in the Philippines
Dear friends, We are sharing with you a joint statement of solidarity by eight international human rights NGOs FORUM-Asia, Amnesty International, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD), Front Line Defenders, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH, in the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders), International Network for Economic, Social and… Continue reading The Philippines: Human Rights Organisations Condemn Renewed Judicial Harassment Against Human Rights Defenders in the Philippines
No justice, no peace under Marcos Jr.
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… Continue reading No justice, no peace under Marcos Jr.
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
CPA, redtagged in a UP Baguio NSTP Forum
Cordillera Peoples AlliancePublic Information Commission REDTAGGING ALERT:CPA, redtagged in a UP Baguio NSTP Forum Slide presented by Retired Major General Peale Jon L. Bondoc at the National Service Training Program (NSTP) Peace and Security Mass Lecture hosted by the University of the Philippines Baguio.Today, in a National Service Training Program (NSTP) Peace and Security Mass… Continue reading CPA, redtagged in a UP Baguio NSTP Forum
A call for UN expert to look into disinformation, red-tagging vs journos, activists
Rights group calls on UN expert to look into disinformation, red-taggingvs journos, activists KARAPATAN Press Release –https://groups.google.com/g/karapatan-updates/c/xnbsFwP3lm8 26 October 2022 Rights group Karapatan denounced the most recent disinformationcampaigns and wholesale red-tagging against journalists and human rightsdefenders in the Philippines, and said that such acts violate and impacton the exercise of press freedom and freedom of… Continue reading A call for UN expert to look into disinformation, red-tagging vs journos, activists
Red-tagging is anathema in a democratic and civilized society
Red-tagging is anathema in a democratic and civilized society PH UPR WATCH – Press Statement https://groups.google.com/g/karapatan-updates/c/GaAWKvMDL-0 13 October 2022 The Philippine Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Watch, a network offaith-based and human rights groups engaging in the UN UPR process,takes strong exception to the incredible remarks of PhilippineDepartment of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla at… Continue reading Red-tagging is anathema in a democratic and civilized society