AMP-Statement: 2022 Philippine Presidential Election

AMP-Statement: 2022 Philippine Presidential Election

After the landslide victory of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte-Carpio in the 2022 presidential election the Aktionsbündnis Menschenrechte-Philippinen (AMP) calls on the new government in a statement to immediately address the dire human rights...
AMP-Statement: Arbitrary arrest of Aldeem Yañez 2022

AMP-Statement: Arbitrary arrest of Aldeem Yañez 2022

The Aktionsbündnis Menschenrechte – Philippinen (AMP) expresses in a statement its deep concerns about the arrest of Aldeem Yañez, a dedicated volunteer at the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI). On April 10, 2022, Yañez was arrested at his house in Barangay Iponan,...
AMP-Statement: Arbitrary arrest of Aldeem Yañez 2022

AMP Press Release: Death of Chito Gascon 2021

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...
AMP-Statement: Arbitrary arrest of Aldeem Yañez 2022

AMP-Statement: Disappearance and death of Elena Tijamo 2021

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...
AMP-Statement: Anniversary of the murder of Zara Alvarez 2021

AMP-Statement: Anniversary of the murder of Zara Alvarez 2021

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...