20. July 2026 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Indigenous People, News
A municipal court in Nueva Vizcaya has dropped the charges against Bayombong Bishop Jose Elmer Mangalinao and other anti-mining advocates who had been opposing a mining exploration project in the province. The charges were filed after Indigenous communities, joined by...
20. July 2026 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, News
Four leaders of the Cordillera Peoples’ Alliance (CPA) filed an appeal at the Baguio City Regional Trial Court (RTC) on June 1, 2026, contesting the court’s earlier dismissal of their challenge to their terrorist designation. This appeal comes after the RTC’s April...
20. July 2026 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Freedom of Press, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Indigenous People, Internal Affairs, News
A new report by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a collaboration between the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has brought renewed attention to persistent human rights...
12. June 2026 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, News
Journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and church worker Marielle Domequil continue to contest their imprisonment and convictions for terrorism financing, while Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI), deacon Aldeem Yañez is fighting his unlawful detention and the fabricated...
12. June 2026 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Indigenous People, International Institutions, News
The Philippines intends to conclude a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) during the next round of negotiations scheduled in Brussels from June 29 to July 3, 2026. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Undersecretary Allan Gepty said after six...
12. June 2026 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, News
After three years of trial, a Cebu City regional trial court dismissed the terrorism financing charges against 27 current and former members of the Community Empowerment Resource Network (CERNET), a local non-governmental organization (NGO) on May 15, 2026. The case...
