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...
20. March 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Bishop of San Carlos, Gerardo Alminaza, admonished media platform SMNI, known for misinformation, on February 24, 2023, after they accused him of supporting the communist insurgency. The media group of self-proclaimed son of God Apollo Quiboloy called the bishop a...
20. March 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, International Institutions
Six members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) visited the Philippines from 22-24 February 2023 for an assessment of the current human rights situation and readiness of the Philippine government to act. The EU delegation met...
13. February 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
The Department of Justice (DOJ) junked charges against 17 police officers on January 16, 2023, for the murder of labor leader and general secretary of BAYAN-Cavite Emmanuel “Manny” Asuncion in Cavite. The murder case occurred as part of the so-called...
13. February 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
In a statement issued on January 24, 2023, the AMP condemned the recent abduction of 28-year-old development worker Dyan Gumanao and 27-year-old labor rights activist Armand Dayoha in Cebu City. On January 10, 2023, Gumanao and Dayoha were forcibly abducted in broad...
23. January 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
A Quezon City court acquitted on January 9, 2023, ten activists who were charged with perjury by former National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. in 2020. The ten activists of the three human rights organizations (Karapatan, Gabriela, and Rural Missionaries of...
