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10 Human Rights Defenders acquitted

10 Human Rights Defenders acquitted

23. January 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs

A Quezon City court acquitted on January 9, 2023, ten activists who were charged with perjury by former National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. in 2020. The ten activists of the three human rights organizations (Karapatan, Gabriela, and Rural Missionaries of...
Philippine government invites UN Special Rapporteurs once again

Philippine government invites UN Special Rapporteurs once again

15. December 2022 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, International Institutions

The Philippine government has invited the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, and arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz, to the Philippines for 2023 as part of the United Nations Joint Programme (UNJP). The UNJP is a technical cooperation between the...
Murders of Philippine lawyers remain largely unsolved

Murders of Philippine lawyers remain largely unsolved

20. November 2022 | Gender, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs

According to the Philippine National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL), 59 lawyers were killed during former President Rodrigo Duterte’s term in office (2016-2022). The UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Diego García-Sayán,...
Justice Secretary Remulla defends “red-tagging” of government critics

Justice Secretary Remulla defends “red-tagging” of government critics

20. November 2022 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs

In the last session of the UN Human Rights Committee, which monitors member states for compliance with the UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Philippine Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla defended the so-called “red-tagging” of government...
Murder of journalist Percy Lapid exposes government involvement

Murder of journalist Percy Lapid exposes government involvement

20. November 2022 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs

The recent murders of journalists Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa in October and Reynaldo Blanco in September 2022 emphasized the ongoing climate of violence and impunity in the Philippines. Both journalists were vocal critics of the current as well as the...
UN Human Rights Council: No further resolution on Philippines

UN Human Rights Council: No further resolution on Philippines

24. October 2022 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, International Institutions

Despite the tireless efforts of national and international human rights groups in calling attention to the devastating human rights situation in the Philippines, the UN Human Rights Council ended its 51st session in Geneva on October 7, 2022, without passing another...
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