3. May 2022 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, News
The Aktionsbündnis Menschenrechte – Philippinen (AMP, German Action Network Human Rights) expresses in a statement its deep concerns about the arrest of Aldeem Yañez, a dedicated volunteer at the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI). On April 10, 2022, Yañez was...
14. April 2022 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
On March 25, 2022, the Bayugan City Regional Court dismissed the kidnapping and serious illegal detention case against community doctor and Lumad supporter Dr. Navidad Castro. The court based its decision on grounds of the denial of her substantive right to due...
14. April 2022 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
March 7 marked the first anniversary of the so-called “Bloody Sunday” massacre. State security forces killed nine activists while six activists were arrested. In the meantime, 34 police and military personal who were involved in a total of three killings...
16. February 2022 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
On January 13, 2022, the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) released its annual World Report for 2021. In regard to the Philippines the report highlights the ongoing so-called war on drugs, the controversial Anti-Terrorism Act,...
21. December 2021 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
On June 10, 2021, a court in Agusan del Sur acquitted 17 human rights defenders and employees of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Some of them had been imprisoned for up to a year and seven months. Only months later (in early December 2021) their lawyers were...
21. December 2021 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
On June 10, 2021, a court in Agusan del Sur acquitted 17 human rights defenders and employees of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Some of them had been imprisoned for up to a year and seven months. Only months later (in early December 2021) their lawyers were...
