18. July 2023 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Human rights experts at the United Nations called in June 2023 for an end to the global so-called “war on drugs”, which primarily affects poor and marginalised communities – such as it is the case in the Philippines. Ahead of the 2023 International Day...
26. June 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Philippine Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte was appointed vice chair of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on May 10, 2023. This government agency is notorious for so-called “red-tagging” of Human...
22. May 2023 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Shortly after the reopening of four US military bases in the Philippines, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos met with US President Joe Biden in Washington DC on May 1, 2023. However, instead of putting pressure on the Philippine government to respect human rights,...
22. May 2023 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
During an event at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington DC on May 4, 2023, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. acknowledged that human rights abuses related to the so-called “war on drugs” took place under the...
22. May 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
The Philippine Commission on Human Rights (CHR) supported the Department for Education’s (DEPEd) proposal to include lessons on human rights violations in the curriculum. The 10th grade curriculum will now include topics on so-called “red-tagging,” trolling, and...
28. April 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs, News
During the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, the Philippine government rejected recommendations to end the practice of the so-called “red-tagging” (i.e. being accused of supporting the armed communist insurgency). In its...
