2. October 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Indigenous People
Following the abductions of Gene de Jesus and Dexter Capuyan on April 28, 2023, the Philippine National Police (PNP) has denied allegations that they are responsible for the enforced disappearances of the two Cordillera activists. De Jesus and Capuyan have been...
2. October 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
After six human rights activists, four of whom belong to the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA), were designated as “terrorists” by the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) on June 7, 2023, the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) ordered – based on a...
18. July 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
Human rights groups such as Karapatan and the Cordillera Human Rights Alliance opposed a resolution (No. 2023-04) passed in April 2023 by the Kalinga Provincial Task Force To End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC). According to the memorandum issued June 13,...
18. July 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
Human rights organization Karapatan called on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to launch an independent investigation into the killing of Roly and Emelda Fausto and their two minor sons, Ben and Ravin Fausto. The Fausto family was found shot dead in their home in...
18. July 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
After ex-senator Leila de Lima’s application for release on bail was rejected by a Philippine court on June 7, 2023, members of the European Union (EU) Parliament sent a letter to Philippine President Marcos and Secretary for Justice demanding her release as...
26. June 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
Two peasant and youth rights activists, Michael Cedrick Casaño and Patricia Nicole Cierva, are the latest reported victims of enforced disappearances in Cagayan province. According to local community reports, Philippine Army soldiers allegedly abducted the activists...