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...
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...
Starting January 2020, Christina Keppel will coordinate the Action Network Human Rights Philippines located in the Asienhaus e.V. in Cologne, Germany. She is looking forward to the Philippine-related human rights work, interesting partners in the Philippines as well...
From October 8-10, the Aktionsbündnis accompanied Mervin Toquero, responsible for human rights at the National Council of Churches in the Philippines, on his visit to Berlin. During meetings with the German Foreign Office, protestant church leaders, and Parlamentarian...
After nearly three years on the run, the Federal Police arrested the retired General Jovito Palparan in Manila. He was wanted in connection with the disappearance of the university students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño. They were abducted in 2006 by soldiers under...
On July 22, political activist and human rights defender Zara Alvarez was released on bail. In October 2014, she was illegally arrested and unjustly incarcerated for 21 months. She still faces two charges of murder and robbery in band, believed to be fabricated in an...
