Shortly after the 30th International Press Freedom Day, the Philippine Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) reported 75 cases of abuse against media workers since the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. In the international ranking on “press...
Shortly after the reopening of four US military bases in the Philippines, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos met with US President Joe Biden in Washington DC on May 1, 2023. However, instead of putting pressure on the Philippine government to respect human rights,...
During an event at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington DC on May 4, 2023, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. acknowledged that human rights abuses related to the so-called “war on drugs” took place under the...
The Philippine Commission on Human Rights (CHR) supported the Department for Education’s (DEPEd) proposal to include lessons on human rights violations in the curriculum. The 10th grade curriculum will now include topics on so-called “red-tagging,” trolling, and...
April 2023 saw the murder of labour rights activist Alex Dolorosa and the disappearance of two activists, struggling for indigenous rights, Gene Roz Jamil de Jesus and Bontoc-Ibaloi-Kankanaey Dexter Capuyan. Alex Dolorosa was found dead with 15 stab wounds in Bacolod...
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declared in an interview on March 28, 2023, that he would cut off communications with the International Criminal Court (ICC). The day before, the ICC rejected the government’s request to not reopen investigations into human...
