10. June 2022 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
On May 25, 2022, the Philippine Congress officially declared Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr.) as the new president and Sara Duterte-Carpio (daughter of the still incumbent President Rodrigo Duterte) as vice...
10. June 2022 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
With the emerging results of the presidential election on May 9, 2022, broad civil society resistance and unrest erupted. Not surprisingly, supporters of the political opposition and several activists were in dismay about the landslide victory of Ferdinand...
10. June 2022 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Students and activist groups protested against the elected Marcos-Duterte tandem and the voting process itself during demonstrations held shortly after election day. One of several nationwide demonstrations took place outside of the Philippine Commission on Elections...
10. June 2022 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
A large number of election violations were observed during the May 9, 2022, presidential election in the Philippines. On May 19, the International Observer Mission (IOM) released its interim report, including observations in the regions of Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao as...
5. May 2022 | Disinformation, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
With the May 9 presidential elections approaching, several news reports and election observers are still concerned with the question of how presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of a former dictator, managed to take a clear lead in the election polls....
5. May 2022 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
Alleged drug lord Kerwin Espinosa withdrew his accusations against Senator Leila de Lima in a sworn affidavit. De Lima has already been imprisoned for more than five years on allegedly trumped-up and politically motivated charges. ‘Any statement he made against the...
