The Philippine National Police (PNP) prevented a U.S. delegation led by U.S. Senator Edward Markey from visiting former Senator Leila De Lima at the detention center Camp Crame in Quezon City on August 18, 2022. The reason was an alleged lack of permits as well as the...
On June 30, 2022, the leadership of the Philippine government transitioned from President Rodrigo Duterte to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. International human rights groups like Human Rights Watch (HRW) called...
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) would be open to peace negotiations with the Marcos government, stated founding chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Jose Maria Sison in June 2022. On August 3, 2022, presidential peace...
After conducting “bungkalan”, meaning “land cultivation to assert ownership”, the police arrested at least 87 persons without a warrant of arrest in the town of Concepcion in Tarlac province on June 9, 2022. Among the arrested people were several small-scale farmers,...
On May 25, 2022, the Philippine Congress officially declared Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr.) as the new president and Sara Duterte-Carpio (daughter of the still incumbent President Rodrigo Duterte) as vice...
With the emerging results of the presidential election on May 9, 2022, broad civil society resistance and unrest erupted. Not surprisingly, supporters of the political opposition and several activists were in dismay about the landslide victory of Ferdinand...
