After one year in office, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has done little to improve the human rights situation in the Philippines, as Human Rights Watch notes in a June 2023 analysis. Marcos continued the repressive policies of the previous government under former...
Human rights groups such as Karapatan and the Cordillera Human Rights Alliance opposed a resolution (No. 2023-04) passed in April 2023 by the Kalinga Provincial Task Force To End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC). According to the memorandum issued June 13,...
Human rights organization Karapatan called on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to launch an independent investigation into the killing of Roly and Emelda Fausto and their two minor sons, Ben and Ravin Fausto. The Fausto family was found shot dead in their home in...
Human rights experts at the United Nations called in June 2023 for an end to the global so-called “war on drugs”, which primarily affects poor and marginalised communities – such as it is the case in the Philippines. Ahead of the 2023 International Day...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced on June 19, 2023, that he would launch a media and information education campaign to combat disinformation. Philippine fact-checking platform Tsek.ph recorded that Marcos benefited from the rapid spread of misinformation,...
After ex-senator Leila de Lima’s application for release on bail was rejected by a Philippine court on June 7, 2023, members of the European Union (EU) Parliament sent a letter to Philippine President Marcos and Secretary for Justice demanding her release as...
