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Court proceedings for the last of three baseless charges against Leila de Lima, a human rights defender and former Philippine...
Indigenous Peoples’ rights defenders Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz Jamil “Bazoo” de Jesus, from the Cordillera region in northern Philippines,...
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 48/22 UPDATE 2 BELOW On 9 August, the Philippines’ Office of the Ombudsman rejected the...
Responding to Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo’s call on the government to review its anti-drug strategy, including by ending violent...
Responding to the announcement by the Philippines’ Commission on Human Rights that 47 major fossil fuel and carbon-polluting companies could...
Responding to the UN Human Rights Council voting in favour of a resolution to monitor and report on the critical...
Extrajudicial executions by police remain rampant Scale of abuses reaches the threshold of crimes against humanity The wave of police...
Authorities should investigate the arson attack on the house of Murdani, the executive director of the Indonesian Forum for the...
Drop Politically Motivated Charges against Leila de Lima (Manila, February 22, 2019) — The Philippine government should drop the politically-motivated...
Responding to the arrest warrant served to Maria Ressa at the Rappler offices today on charges of ‘cyber libel’, Amnesty...