KALIKASAN PEOPLE’S NETWORK FOR THE ENVIRONMENT & PHILIPPINE UPR WATCH PRESS RELEASE 7 November 2023 Environmental groups troop to DOJ call for junking of judicial reprisal against young environmentalists Environmental and human rights organizations held a protest action today in front of the Department of Justice main office in Manila in support of anti-reclamation advocates… Continue reading Environmental groups call for junking of judicial reprisal against young environmentalists
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Killings, disappearances of Filipino envi, indigenous defenders draw UN concern
PRESS RELEASE, 10 October 2023 REFERENCE Beverly Longid, Katribu Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas +639279019830 ((Whatsapp) Atty. Krissy Conti, National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers +639298207000 (Whatsapp, Viber, Telegram) Clemente Bautista. Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment +639171372930 (Whatsapp, Viber) Killings, disappearances of Filipino envi, indigenous defenders draw UN concern Geneva, Switzerland — Several experts… Continue reading Killings, disappearances of Filipino envi, indigenous defenders draw UN concern
Drug war victims call for stronger UN efforts in the Philippines
References:Beverly Longid, +63 920 919 1820Clemente Bautista: +639171372930Heads of Delegation, Philippine UPR WatchGENEVA, SWITZERLAND — “War on drugs” victims are urging the United Nations (UN) to take a more proactive stance in the Philippines, particularly in investigating killings during the previous Duterte administration that continue until the present Marcos administration. At the 54th session of… Continue reading Drug war victims call for stronger UN efforts 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.
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