14. October 2021 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
The Department of Justice (DOJ) concluded its investigation into 50 cases of illegal-drug operations resulting in death. Without releasing the related report or disclosing details, DOJ Undersecretary Adrian Sugay summarized the investigation’s findings on...
14. October 2021 | Human Rights News, Indigenous People, Internal Affairs
Bai Bibyaon, the 80-year-old leader of the Manobo (a tribe belonging to the indigenous Lumads), is fighting back against allegations that she is being held against her will. She is voluntarily staying with the “Bakwit School” at the University of the...
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 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
The Philippine judicial and police apparatus continues to face strong criticism despite the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) review of extrajudicial killings by law enforcement officials in the so-called war on drugs. The Philippine National Police (PNP) only made...
19. July 2021 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs, International Institutions
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a Paris-based dirty money watchdog, decided on June 25, 2021, to include the Philippines on it’s “gray list” again. After failing to properly “address strategic deficiencies in their regimes to counter money laundering,...
19. July 2021 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is deeply concerned by the death of Johndy Maglinte Helis, 16 years old, and Angel Rivas, 12 years old. UNICEF calls on the Philippine government to hold accountable the officers involved and points to the Convention on the...
