27. January 2026 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Indigenous People, News
Calls for stronger protection of indigenous and community land rights have emerged after nearly 300 residents of Sitio Mariahangin in Bugsuk, Palawan, were sued by nine alleged landowners claiming ownership of their ancestral lands. The residents, mostly Molbog...
11. December 2025 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Indigenous People, Internal Affairs, International Institutions, News
The European Union (EU) is stepping up efforts to finalize a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Philippines by the end of 2027, coinciding with the expiration of the country’s preferential trade access under the Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+). Under...
11. December 2025 | Aktuelles, Freedom of Press, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Indigenous People, Internal Affairs, News
Sixteen years after the Maguindanao massacre, families of the victims, media groups and human rights advocates marked the tragedy’s anniversary with renewed demands for justice, stronger safeguards for press freedom, and full recognition of every person who was...
11. December 2025 | Aktuelles, Freedom of Press, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Indigenous People, Internal Affairs, News
A Philippine regional court has dismissed the murder charges against community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio. The Laoang Regional Trial Court in Northern Samar ruled on November 6, 2025, that the complaint misidentified the accused. Cumpio, 26, executive director of...
12. August 2025 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Indigenous People, Internal Affairs, News
Indigenous communities and local residents in Sitio Mariahangin in the village of Bugsuk (also called Mariahangin Island) are raising urgent concerns over what they describe as systematic harassment, displacement, and human rights violations tied to a controversial...
12. August 2025 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Indigenous People, Internal Affairs, News
Niezel Velasco, an Indigenous Peoples rights defender and humanitarian worker, was cleared of charges of unjust vexation and maltreatment by the Antipolo City Municipal Trial Court on July 31, 2025. The acquittal affirmed that she is not the same person as the accused...
