28. April 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
The Human Rights Committee approved the Human Rights Defender Bill (or House Bill 77/HB77) in February 2023, which is currently under consideration in the plenary. The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) emphasized that protecting human rights defenders (HRD) is a...
28. April 2023 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Navotas Regional Trial Court Branch 287 sentenced police officer Jefrey Sumbo Perez on March 13, 2023, to “reclusion perpetua” with up to 40 years in prison for the 2017 murders of 19-year-old Carl Angelo Arnaiz and 14-year-old Reynaldo “Kulot”...
20. March 2023 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, Internal Affairs, International Institutions
The Philippine government filed an appeal with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the reopening of the ICC investigation into alleged crimes against humanity on March 13, 2023. In its appeal brief, the government argues that the ICC probe would “lack legal...
20. March 2023 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Bail amounts for criminal detainees will be lowered, based on arecent order from the Department of Justice, which could free about three out of ten incarcerated people in the Philippines. A memorandum issued by Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla on February 20,...
20. March 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Bishop of San Carlos, Gerardo Alminaza, admonished media platform SMNI, known for misinformation, on February 24, 2023, after they accused him of supporting the communist insurgency. The media group of self-proclaimed son of God Apollo Quiboloy called the bishop a...
13. February 2023 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
After nine years in prison, following a Supreme Court ruling, former aide of the Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Jessica “Gigi” Reyes was released from prison on January 19, 2023. Reyes was involved in a multi-billion-dollar corruption scandal...
