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Students shall learn about “red-tagging”

Students shall learn about “red-tagging”

22. May 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs

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...
Labour rights activist murdered, two indigenous rights activists disappeared

Labour rights activist murdered, two indigenous rights activists disappeared

22. May 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Indigenous People

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 government refuses to end “red-tagging”

Philippine government refuses to end “red-tagging”

28. April 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs, News

During the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, the Philippine government rejected recommendations to end the practice of the so-called “red-tagging” (i.e. being accused of supporting the armed communist insurgency). In its...
NTF-ELCAC criticises Human Rights Defenders Protection Bill

NTF-ELCAC criticises Human Rights Defenders Protection Bill

28. April 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs

The Human Rights Committee approved the Human Rights Defender Bill (or House Bill 77/HB77) in February 2023, which is currently under consideration in the plenary. The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) emphasized that protecting human rights defenders (HRD) is a...
EU trade benefits require improved human rights situation

EU trade benefits require improved human rights situation

28. April 2023 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, International Institutions

EU Special Representative for Human Rights Eamon Gilmore criticised that the two convictions in the so-called “war on drugs” under ex-President Duterte are “not enough” to justify an improvement of the human rights situation, considering the at...
Labour rights activist murdered, two indigenous rights activists disappeared

Indigenous groups protested Kaliwa Dam construction

20. March 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Indigenous People

A group of over 300 indigenous peoples (IPs) started on February 15, 2023, a nine-day protest march against the construction of the Kaliwa Dam from General Nakar in Quezon province to the Malacañang Palace. Only a part of the indigenous groups had accepted...
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