17. May 2024 | Human Rights News, International Institutions
On April 24, 2024, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV stated on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) that over 50 active and former Philippine National Police (PNP) officers have been contacted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for their involvement...
17. May 2024 | "War on Drugs", Freedom of Press, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, International Institutions
A few days after the US State Department published its report, Amnesty International presented its annual report “The State of the World’s Human Rights” on April 23, 2024. The report underlined that drug-related killings or extrajudicial killings in the context...
17. May 2024 | Aktuelles, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
On May 8, 2024, the Supreme Court (SC) issued a landmark ruling declaring so-called “red-tagging” (i.e., branding individuals or organizations as “terrorist”) as a “threat to a person’s right to life, liberty or security, which may justify the issuance of a writ...
17. May 2024 | Aktuelles, Freedom of Press, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
A regional court sentenced self-confessed gunman Joel Escorial to eight years and eight months or up to 16 years in prison in the case of murdered journalist Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa. Mabasa, a vocal critic of the previous government, was killed in Las Piñas in...
17. May 2024 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs, International Institutions
On May 8, 2024, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. formed the Special Committee on Human Rights Coordination under Administrative Order No. 22 (AO22) to “enhance the mechanisms for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Philippines.” This so-called “super...
17. May 2024 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights News
On May 3, 2024, International Press Freedom Day, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published its annual press freedom ranking. The Philippines slipped in the RSF index from 132nd to 134th place out of a total of 180 countries. Despite the lower RSF rating compared to...
