15. July 2025 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs, News
Three years into President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s administration, tensions persist between the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) over investigating extrajudicial killings (EJKs) linked to Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called “war on...
15. July 2025 | Aktuelles, Disinformation, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Carmilo Tabada, a barangay councilor and human rights activist from Trinidad, Bohol has come forward to strongly deny allegations linking him to the communist rebel group New People’s Army (NPA), following a news article published on May 25, 2025. The newspaper...
15. July 2025 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Former senator and incoming Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Representative Leila de Lima has been acquitted again on June 27, 2025, by the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court (RTC) of drug charges due to reasonable doubt. The case, filed during former President Rodrigo...
15. July 2025 | Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs, News
The Senate impeachment court could decide by a simple majority – at least 13 votes – whether to dismiss the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte, according to Senate President and Presiding Officer Francis Escudero. Speaking at a June 25,...
20. June 2025 | "War on Drugs", Aktuelles, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs, News
Human rights advocates in the Philippines have raised concerns following General Nicolas Torre III’s announcement that one of his anti-drug strategies is to track the number of arrests made by police officers as part of their performance metrics. Torre made this...
20. June 2025 | Aktuelles, Disinformation, Freedom of Press, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs, International Institutions, News
Violent incidents, including at least 30 killings of candidates and election officials, marred the recently concluded midterm polls in the Philippines. This was reported by the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU-EOM) at a press conference in Manila last...
