Her voice carries on. On the murder of Zara Alvarez

26. August 2020 | Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News, News

Press Release, Cologne, August 26, 2020 Philippine human rights activist Zara Alvarez is dead – murdered on August 17, 2020 in Bacolod City (Philippines). Organizations from Europe condemn the act and give their voice to her cause. We are sad, stunned and above...

Murder of Zara Alvarez

20. August 2020 | News

The Philippine human rights defender, teacher and single mother of a minor daughter, Zara Alvarez, was killed by unidentified perpetrators near her apartment in Bacolod City, Negros Island (Philippines) on August 17, 2020. The members of the Aktionsbündnis...

Statement on the severe restrictions of human rights during the corona-crisis in the Philippines

7. July 2020 | News

The Aktionsbündnis Menschenrechte – Philippinen (AMP) expresses its deep concerns about severe restrictions of human rights in the Philippines, imposed in the context of the coronavirus pandemic and calls on the Philippine government and the European Union to take...

AMP Overview: OHCHR report on human rights situation in the Philippines

1. July 2020 | News

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Michelle Bachelet, published the report on the situation of human rights in the Philippines on June 4, 2020 in accordance with the UN resolution 41/2, adopted by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on July...

Crackdown instead of Lockdown: An overview of COVID-19 restrictions in the Philippines and the struggle of vulnerable groups

6. May 2020 | News

Enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), a measure employed by the Philippine government to prevent the spread of Covid-19 infections in the Philippines, is supposed to protect the people, to provide safety and aid for endangered groups, and to lighten the pressure on the...

“Shoot them dead” – Parallels between the “War on Corona” and the “War on Drugs”

6. May 2020 | News

Like other leaders in the world, Duterte not only enforced police and military presence in the public space, but also described his government’s measures against the pandemic as warlike. The martial character of the governmental language culminated on April 1st into...