17. March 2025 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Indigenous People, Internal Affairs, International Institutions, News
When the Philippines began the second round of talks over a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) last February 2025, concerns were raised about potential negative impacts on vulnerable sectors and the country’s ongoing human rights...
17. March 2025 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, International Institutions, News
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) declared that the Philippines has fulfilled its compliance requirements on February 21, 2025, following a visit by officials of the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog just a month earlier. The country has...
17. February 2025 | Aktuelles, Freedom of Press, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
The City Prosecutor’s Office in Tacloban City has dropped charges against the Leyte Center for Development Inc. (LCDE) for alleged violations of the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10168) due to insufficient evidence....
17. February 2025 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
In its World Report 2025, Human Rights Watch (HRW) stressed that Philippine President Marcos Jr. “initiated some human rights improvements in 2024 but failed to address past and ongoing violations.” Drug-related and extrajudicial killings associated with the so-called...
27. January 2025 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
On December 2, 2024, Sarah Abellon-Alikes, an activist of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA), was indicted for alleged violations of the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression of Act (Republic Act No. 10168). An alleged former member of the communist armed...
16. December 2024 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
On August 29, 2024, five United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteurs issued a public letter condemning the Philippine government’s alleged abuse of laws to combat money-laundering and terrorism financing against 27 former and active members of the non-governmental...
