The Aktionsbündnis Menschenrechte – Philippinen (AMP) mourns the death of Commission on Human Rights chairperson Jose Luis Martin “Chito” Gascon who died last Saturday, October 9, 2021, due to COVID- 19. We express our condolences to his family, friends, and...
The Aktionsbündnis Menschenrechte – Philippinen (AMP) is deeply concerned about the enforced disappearance and death of Elena Tijamo, a dedicated human rights defender and community coordinator. Before she resurfaced in a hospital in Manila on August 30, 2021, Elena...
The Philippine human rights defender, teacher, and single mother, Zara Alvarez, was killed by unidentified perpetrators near her apartment in Bacolod City, Negros Island (Philippines) one year ago, on August 17, 2020. When we, the members of the Aktionsbündnis...
The Aktionsbündnis Menschenrechte – Philippinen (AMP) and its member organizations express their deep concern about the recent human rights developments in the Philippines and especially about the arrest of human rights defender and United Church of Christ of...
Repression and systematic attacks continue to intensify against rights defenders in the Philippines. The shrinking of democratic spaces in the country has been in constant decline since 2016 when Rodrigo Duterte became president. By instituting legislative and policy...
