27. January 2025 | Aktuelles, Freedom of Press, Human Rights News
The decision of the internet company Meta to stop working with fact-checkers on its social media platforms Facebook and Instagram in the US has also raised concerns among journalists and civil society organizations in the Philippines. In a statement on January 11,...
27. January 2025 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
On December 18, 2024, the so-called quad committee of the Philippine House of Representatives presented its first progress report on a joint investigation over the past months into the links between illegal drug trade, Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) as...
16. December 2024 | Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
On November 23, 2024, in a digital press conference on her Facebook social media channel, Vice President Sara Duterte threatened to have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, his wife, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Martin Romualdez, killed if she herself...
16. December 2024 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
On August 29, 2024, five United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteurs issued a public letter condemning the Philippine government’s alleged abuse of laws to combat money-laundering and terrorism financing against 27 former and active members of the non-governmental...
16. December 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News
The Philippine Department of Justice (DOJ) has set up a new task force to investigate extrajudicial killings under the former Duterte administration’s so-called “war on drugs.” On November 4, 2024, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla signed Department Order...
16. December 2024 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
On November 13, 2024, former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte testified in a hearing of the so-called “Quad Committee” in the House of Representatives on human rights violations in the so-called “war on drugs” during his term of office. Duterte admitted that...
