15. August 2022 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) would be open to peace negotiations with the Marcos government, stated founding chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Jose Maria Sison in June 2022. On August 3, 2022, presidential peace...
15. August 2022 | Disinformation, Freedom of Press, Human Rights News
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon ordered the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to block the access of at least 30 websites of different groups – including alternative media outlets and progressive groups such as Bulatlat, Save our Schools...
15. August 2022 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
After conducting “bungkalan”, meaning “land cultivation to assert ownership”, the police arrested at least 87 persons without a warrant of arrest in the town of Concepcion in Tarlac province on June 9, 2022. Among the arrested people were several small-scale farmers,...
15. August 2022 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, International Institutions
On August 1, 2022, President Marcos announced that the Philippines has no intention to rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC). He claims that the government was already investigating the alleged crimes under the previous Duterte administration in the context of...
10. June 2022 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News
The Philippine Commission on Human Rights (CHR) released its April 2022 “Report on investigated killings related to the anti-illegal drug campaign” on May 18, 2022. The report extends investigative findings previously published in 2021. Such independent...
10. June 2022 | Disinformation, Freedom of Press, Human Rights News
With the election of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as the Philippines’ new president, fears of further restrictions on freedom of press have been raised. Tendencies in this regard continue to emerge shortly after the election. On May 11, 2022,...
