10. March 2021 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
President Rodrigo Duterte has granted amnesty for the members of several rebel groups for the crimes they committed due to their political beliefs. The rebel groups in question are the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF),...
10. March 2021 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Senator Leila De Lima has been imprisoned since February 2017. She is being accused of being involved in illegal drug trade. De Lima is convinced that these accusations are a reaction to her investigations of Dutertes human rights violations in his bloody war against...
10. March 2021 | Disinformation, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
General Antonio Parlade who is known for uttering accusations has accused Inquirer-journalist Tetch Torresa Tupas in a facebook post on February 2, 2021, of cooperationg with terrorists. He accused her of „helping terrorists to spread lies“. Tupas had merely reported...
5. February 2021 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Update May 2022 – All petitions rejected: On March 2, 2022, the majority of the original petitioners re-filed a joint motion to review the entire Anti-Terrorism Act and some specific sections. On April 26, 2022, the Supreme Court (SC) ruled its final decision on...
29. January 2021 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Police and military joined forces on 30th December and killed nine leaders of the indigenous Tumandok in the provinces Capiz and Iloilo. Sixteen others were arrested. The police justified the killings by stating the victims were resisting against the search and arrest...
29. January 2021 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
On January 18th, the Department of Defence unilaterally terminated the accord with the University of the Philippines from 1989, according to which the military has no access to their campuses. The academic institution was vilified as a “save hafen” for...
