2. October 2023 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
The killing of 17-year-old Jerhode Jemboy Baltazar on August 2, 2023, in Navotas, Metro-Manila, has brought the issue of brutal police violence in the fight against illegal drugs back into the media spotlight. As Jemboy and a friend were cleaning their fishing boat in...
2. October 2023 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
The annual State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 24, 2023, caused great disappointment among human rights groups as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. failed to mention human rights violations. Instead, he described the state of the nation as “sound and...
18. July 2023 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
After one year in office, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has done little to improve the human rights situation in the Philippines, as Human Rights Watch notes in a June 2023 analysis. Marcos continued the repressive policies of the previous government under former...
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,...
