23. November 2021 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
On October 30, 2021, journalist Orlando Dinoy was killed with six gunshots in his apartment in Balsan, Davao del Sur. He was a reporter for Newsline Philippines, an anchor at Radio Energy FM in Digos City, and had worked for SunStar Davao with the Philippine Daily...
23. November 2021 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
Erlindo “Lino” Baez and Wilfredo Capareño were arrested together by 50 police officers in Quezon on October 6, 2021. They allegedly found weapons, which Baez and Capareño deny. Capareño has long been active in working with peasants. In 2019, he was accused...
14. October 2021 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
At the age of 57, Cito Gascon died on October 9, 2021, following a COVID 19 infection. Since 2015, the lawyer had been chairman of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights (CHR) – his term would have ended in May 2022. As a fierce critic of Dutertes so-called...
23. September 2021 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
On June 23 the controversial Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) listed the the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) as a terrorist group in their Resolution Nr. 21, which they published later. Since 1992 the NDFP plays an essential role in tackling the roots...
23. September 2021 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
The release of United Church of Christ of the Philippines (UCCP) Pastor Dan Balucio on August 13, 2021 is a judicial ruling in favor of an unjustly accused and imprisoned activist. Balucio is part of the civil society movement in disaster relief, advocates for those...
23. September 2021 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
More than a year after Elena Tijamo had been kidnapped, her family confirmed her death on August 30, 2021, which happens to be the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Tijamo was a program coordinator and the Community Radio coordinator of...
