14. April 2022 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
March 7 marked the first anniversary of the so-called “Bloody Sunday” massacre. State security forces killed nine activists while six activists were arrested. In the meantime, 34 police and military personal who were involved in a total of three killings...
16. February 2022 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
On January 13, 2022, the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) released its annual World Report for 2021. In regard to the Philippines the report highlights the ongoing so-called war on drugs, the controversial Anti-Terrorism Act,...
21. December 2021 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
On June 10, 2021, a court in Agusan del Sur acquitted 17 human rights defenders and employees of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Some of them had been imprisoned for up to a year and seven months. Only months later (in early December 2021) their lawyers were...
21. December 2021 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
On June 10, 2021, a court in Agusan del Sur acquitted 17 human rights defenders and employees of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Some of them had been imprisoned for up to a year and seven months. Only months later (in early December 2021) their lawyers were...
23. November 2021 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
On October 30, 2021, journalist Orlando Dinoy was killed with six gunshots in his apartment in Balsan, Davao del Sur. He was a reporter for Newsline Philippines, an anchor at Radio Energy FM in Digos City, and had worked for SunStar Davao with the Philippine Daily...
23. November 2021 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
Erlindo “Lino” Baez and Wilfredo Capareño were arrested together by 50 police officers in Quezon on October 6, 2021. They allegedly found weapons, which Baez and Capareño deny. Capareño has long been active in working with peasants. In 2019, he was accused...
