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Attacks on the press and critics persist as UN report on the Philippines finds widespread violations
Published at
25.06.2020
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- protest disruption
- women
- harassment
- protest
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- HRD prosecuted

Civil society in the Philippines decry restrictive laws, smear campaigns and judicial harassment
Published at
01.04.2020
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- office raid
- harassment
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD threatened
- land rights

Philippines human rights body launches national inquiry as attacks against activists persist
Published at
01.11.2019
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
- killing of journalist
- surveillance
- non state actors
- environmental rights
- land rights

Despite progress on HRD bill, attacks against activists and media persist in the Philippines
Published at
14.06.2019
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- funding restriction
- women
- attack on HRD
- harassment
- HRD killing
- public vilification
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained

Indictments against news site Rappler an attempt to intimidate and control the pubic narrative
Published at
26.02.2019
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- positive CS development
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- protest
- enabling law
- journalist detained
- non state actors

Human rights lawyer assisting families of slain sugar farmers in Sagay gunned down
Published at
22.11.2018
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- attack on HRD
- torture/ill-treatment
- positive CS development
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- land rights

Conviction of former General involved in disappearances of activists important step for justice
Published at
21.09.2018
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- HRD killing
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted

Protests against human rights violations mark Duterte’s two years in power
Published at
31.07.2018
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- killing of journalist
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- attack on journalist
- protest

Calls for legislation to protect human rights defenders as attacks against them persist
Published at
04.06.2018
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- attack on journalist
- women
- restrictive law
- HRD killing
- attack on HRD
- minority groups
- environmental rights
- intimidation
- extractive industries
- protest
- land rights

Environmental rights defender killed as authorities label activists as ‘terrorists’
Published at
27.03.2018
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- youth
- women
- attack on HRD
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- protest
- political interference
- private sector
- censorship
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights

Attempt to shut down Rappler news site part of efforts to muzzle free expression
Published at
01.02.2018
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- land rights