15. December 2022 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, International Institutions
The Philippine government has invited the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, and arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz, to the Philippines for 2023 as part of the United Nations Joint Programme (UNJP). The UNJP is a technical cooperation between the...
20. November 2022 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
According to the Philippine National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL), 59 lawyers were killed during former President Rodrigo Duterte’s term in office (2016-2022). The UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Diego García-Sayán,...
20. November 2022 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
In the last session of the UN Human Rights Committee, which monitors member states for compliance with the UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Philippine Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla defended the so-called “red-tagging” of government...
20. November 2022 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
The recent murders of journalists Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa in October and Reynaldo Blanco in September 2022 emphasized the ongoing climate of violence and impunity in the Philippines. Both journalists were vocal critics of the current as well as the...
24. October 2022 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, International Institutions
Despite the tireless efforts of national and international human rights groups in calling attention to the devastating human rights situation in the Philippines, the UN Human Rights Council ended its 51st session in Geneva on October 7, 2022, without passing another...
24. October 2022 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Unknown persons shot dead radio commentator Percival Mabasa – or also called Percy Lapid – while riding a motorbike on Monday October 3, 2022, in Las Piñas City in Metro-Manila. Lapid was known as “a fearless broadcaster” who criticised Duterte’s...
