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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
Public opinion against Duterte's war on drugs intensifies in wake of continued killings Published at 18.10.2017 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship LGBTI protest intimidation attack on journalist enforced disappearance killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment censorship Read more
