16. June 2021 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Since mid-April, Community Pantries have been springing up all over the Philippines: self-organized, donation-based food distribution points to support people who have no financial means (anymore) due to the pandemic. On April 14, Ana Patricia Non initiated the first...
16. June 2021 | Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
Senator Leila de Lima is calling for an investigation into the human rights violations during the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ), which has been extended until April 11. Two people have died after being punished by police officers for violating the imposed...
16. June 2021 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
On April 15, the activist Jesus Passon Jr was shot dead by unidentified motorcyclists in Silay City in Negros Occidental. The series of extrajudicial killings in the severely affected Negros Occidental continues. Passon was a member of the Pasil Homeowners Association...
16. June 2021 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News
The number of drug-related killings reached 186 for the first three months of the year 2021, according to the research and documentation project Dahas. Compared to the last quartal of 2020 this means an increase of 44 %. With 137 cases, the majority of the murders...
16. June 2021 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
The rights group Karapatan together with women’s groups network Gabriela and the church-based CSO Rural Missionaries of the Philippines reached out to the Supreme Court on April 26, 2021, for the second time to grant their members protection due to the...
16. June 2021 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights News
On the eve of the World Press Freedom Day (May 3), Maria Ressa received the UNESCO press freedom award (or Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize), recognizing her essential work and effort for fighting against disinformation and for freedom of speech in the...
