19. March 2024 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
On February 21, 2024, the Office of the Solicitor General of the Philippines (OSG) filed a motion to lift a protection order for two environmental activists, Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano. The protection order was issued by the Supreme Court at the beginning of...
14. February 2024 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, International Institutions
Following a two-week visit to the Philippines, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, Irene Khan, found the threat to Filipino journalists and human rights activists critical. During a press conference in Manila on February 2, 2024, Khan made a...
14. February 2024 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs, International Institutions
On January 1, 2024, the Supreme Court (SC) issued a set of procedural rules governing all petitions and applications in relation with the problematic Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020; the rules came into force on January 15. The new “Rules on the ATA of 2020 and...
1. December 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, International Institutions
Former senator and opposition politician Leila de Lima was released on bail in the amount of PHP 300,000 on November 13, 2023, after more than six years in prison. De Lima thanked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for upholding the independence of the court and the rule...
1. December 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, International Institutions
Ian Fry, UN Special Rapporteur on the protection of human rights in the context of climate change, made a series of critical policy recommendations towards the Philippine government on how to improve the human rights situation during a press conference in Manila on...
1. December 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
The Philippine Department of National Defense (DND) announced on October 18, 2023, that it had filed charges of alleged perjury against environmental activists Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano, who were abducted and surfaced again in September 2023. Castro and Tamano had...
