12. August 2025 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Indigenous People, Internal Affairs, International Institutions, News
Human rights groups criticized President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s failure to address key issues in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 28, 2025. The Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA) said that once again, Marcos Jr.’s SONA failed to...
15. July 2025 | Aktuelles, Freedom of Press, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, International Institutions, News
In a report presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on June 18, 2025, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression Irene Khan gave a critical assessment on the situation of human rights in the Philippines under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.,...
15. July 2025 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, News
Trans rights and human rights advocate Ali Jejhon Macalintal, 39, was shot dead on June 23, 2025, in her acupuncture clinic in General Santos City. A former journalist, Macalintal also served as deputy secretary general of the human rights group Karapatan for the...
15. July 2025 | Aktuelles, Disinformation, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Carmilo Tabada, a barangay councilor and human rights activist from Trinidad, Bohol has come forward to strongly deny allegations linking him to the communist rebel group New People’s Army (NPA), following a news article published on May 25, 2025. The newspaper...
15. July 2025 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Former senator and incoming Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Representative Leila de Lima has been acquitted again on June 27, 2025, by the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court (RTC) of drug charges due to reasonable doubt. The case, filed during former President Rodrigo...
20. June 2025 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, News
The terrorism financing case against the Philippine non-governmental organization (NGO) Community Empowerment Resource Network (CERNET) and 27 individuals who were affiliated with CERNET (referred to as “Cernet 27”) has encountered another legal setback as the...
