26. June 2023 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
An alliance of major labor unions in the Philippines, the Nagkaisa Labor Coalition (NLC), criticized the lack of responsibility of the President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government to protect the rights of workers. The groups expressed that their freedom of association...
26. June 2023 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights News
Radio journalist Crescenciano Bunduquin was found shot by two unidentified persons on motorcycles in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro on May 31, 2023. Bunduquin succumbed to his bullet wounds and died on the way to the hospital. He is the third murdered journalist under...
22. May 2023 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights News
Shortly after the 30th International Press Freedom Day, the Philippine Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) reported 75 cases of abuse against media workers since the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. In the international ranking on “press...
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...
