21. December 2021 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, International Institutions
The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced on November 18, 2021 that it would temporarily halt the investigation into crimes against humanity – just two months after the investigation began. A request was made through the Philippine Ambassador to the...
21. December 2021 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
On December 7, 2021, the Supreme Court (SC) voted on the 37 petitions filed against the controversial Anti-Terror Law. The law was declared partially unconstitutional. However, this only affects two sections: firstly, that the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) can list...
23. November 2021 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
On October 30, 2021, journalist Orlando Dinoy was killed with six gunshots in his apartment in Balsan, Davao del Sur. He was a reporter for Newsline Philippines, an anchor at Radio Energy FM in Digos City, and had worked for SunStar Davao with the Philippine Daily...
23. November 2021 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
Erlindo “Lino” Baez and Wilfredo Capareño were arrested together by 50 police officers in Quezon on October 6, 2021. They allegedly found weapons, which Baez and Capareño deny. Capareño has long been active in working with peasants. In 2019, he was accused...
23. November 2021 | Human Rights News, Indigenous People, Internal Affairs
For months, criticism of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and calls to abolish this body have been growing louder. The Senate Finance Committee approved a cut in the NTF-ELCAC budget from 28 to 4 billion pesos. The surplus...
23. November 2021 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News
On November 2, 2021, the Philippine Commission on Human Rights (CHR) released the results of investigations into 579 cases in the regions of Metro Manila, Central Luzon, and Calabarzon. These three regions recorded the highest number of extralegal killings in the...
