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,...
The shadow report is the third joint submission of the AMP member organizations. It highlights key human rights concerns in the Philippines related to the following areas: killings and criminalization of human rights defenders; extrajudicial killings in the context of...
The 2022 report (in German) of the German NGO network “International Advocacy Netzwerke” (IAN) – of which the AMP is a member organization – gives an overview of the human rights situation in 17 countries, including the Philippines. Since 2016...
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...
