After three days of intensive search efforts, the missing environmental activists, Francisco ‘Eco’ Dangla III and Joxelle ‘Jak’ Tiong, were found safe on March 28, 2024. A fact-finding team formed by progressive groups confirmed that Dangla and...
In a speech on March 18, 2024, President Marcos emphasized the alleged progress of his human rights policy, as the number of cases of crimes and human rights violations should have decreased under his administration. He mentioned that the number of index crimes had...
In a statement dated February 12, 2024, the Philippine Commission on Human Rights (CHR) called for a review and reassessment of the mandate of the controversial National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). The CHR recommendation came after...
On February 21, 2024, the Office of the Solicitor General of the Philippines (OSG) filed a motion to lift a protection order for two environmental activists, Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano. The protection order was issued by the Supreme Court at the beginning of...
Following a two-week visit to the Philippines, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, Irene Khan, found the threat to Filipino journalists and human rights activists critical. During a press conference in Manila on February 2, 2024, Khan made a...
On January 1, 2024, the Supreme Court (SC) issued a set of procedural rules governing all petitions and applications in relation with the problematic Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020; the rules came into force on January 15. The new “Rules on the ATA of 2020 and...