AMP Online Workshop: Threat Situation of Human Rights Defenders in the Philippines | June 13, 2023
Attacks, vilifications, criminalization, and violence against human rights defenders (HRDs) in the Philippines are continuing under the new administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Accessing protection measures for HRDs are gaining more importance. Against...
Philippine government refuses to end “red-tagging”
During the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, the Philippine government rejected recommendations to end the practice of the so-called “red-tagging” (i.e. being accused of supporting the armed communist insurgency). In its...
AMP-Statement: Abduction of Dyan Gumanao and Armand Dayoha
The Aktionsbündnis Menschenrechte – Philippinen (AMP, German Action Network Human Rights – Philippines) strongly condemns the recent abduction of development worker Dyan Gumanao and labor rights activist Armand Dayoha in Cebu City, Philippines. In a statement,...
Maria Ressa acquitted of tax evasion charges
“Today, facts win. Truth wins. Justice wins,” said Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler-CEO, Maria Ressa, after a court acquitted her and her online news portal of four tax evasion charges on January 18, 2023. The acquittal reduces the open court cases...