The search for missing Lumad activist Genasque Enriquez has entered its tenth day, with human rights groups condemning the military’s refusal to acknowledge inquiries regarding his whereabouts. Enriquez, a prominent Lumad leader, was reportedly arrested on March 2, 2025, but his location...
The groups raised concerns about the nature of the surveillance mission and how many similar operations had been authorized
The Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) has formally withdrawn from the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), citing the need to uphold academic freedom. In a statement issued on Feb. 2, COCOPEA announced...
The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) has accused the Department of Justice (DOJ) of exploiting anti-terrorism laws to “unjustly target” activists and nongovernment organizations (NGOs) as part of efforts to meet the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)...
The Catholic Church in Malaybalay in the southern Philippine province of Bukidnon condemned the ongoing injustices against the Manobo-Pulangiyon Kianteg (MPK) community, who have long struggled to reclaim their ancestral lands. In a pastoral statement issued during...
Families and human rights advocates marked the 20th anniversary of the Hacienda Luisita massacre with a renewed call for justice for the victims who lost their lives and those left traumatized. “We chose to rise again despite the oppression from the state and the...
United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, Irene Khan, has voiced strong concerns regarding the protracted pre-trial detention of Filipino journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio. “Today, 11 November, Frenchie has finally had an opportunity to take...
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called for the Philippine government to drop charges against detained journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, who is set to testify in court on Nov. 11. This will be Cumpio’s first time testifying in court after spending four years in detention...
International rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a strong warning against the Philippine government’s increasing use of “red-tagging,” a practice in which labor leaders and union members are linked to armed communist rebels. HRW is a New York-based...
A new CCTV footage has emerged indicating that state forces may have been involved in the recent abduction James Jazmines and Felix Salaveria Jr. in Tabaco City, Albay. Jazmines and Salaveria Jr. were abducted on August 23 and August 28, 2024, respectively. Karapatan...
The visit of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to the Philippines was met with a strong backlash from people’s groups, including Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan). ...
Pro-environment groups in the Philippines have expressed dismay over what they claim is a lack of a concrete climate justice agenda in President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s third State of the Nation Address (SONA). On July 22, Marcos Jr. highlighted the country's role on...
A report released by human rights group Karapatan on July 19 debunked claims by the current administration that the number of human rights violations in 2023 fell by half compared to 2022. “Contrary to Pres. Marcos Jr.’s declaration, there were significant increases...