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...
26. June 2023 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
On June 7, 2023, a Philippine court rejected the application for bail of former opposition senator Leila de Lima. When she criticised human rights violations in the so-called “war on drugs” of then President Rodrigo Duterte, she was then falsely accused of...
26. June 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Philippine Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte was appointed vice chair of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on May 10, 2023. This government agency is notorious for so-called “red-tagging” of Human...
