Rage for Rights Against Misogyny and Tyranny Pagkakaisa ng Kababaihan para sa Kalayaan (KAISA KA) marked International Women’s Day,March 8, also known as International Working Women’s Day with creative actions in Manila, Cebu and Baguio to underscore the message that as long as one among us is subjected to violence and abuse whether physically, psychologically…
FORUM-ASIA commemorates International Women’s Day 2018 in solidarity with women’s rights and feminist movement The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) joins the international community in commemorating International Women’s Day 2018 and celebrating the fundamental principles of equality and non-discrimination. We express solidarity with all women’s rights and feminist organisations and movements in…
On the occasion of International Women’s Rights Day, FIDH is launching a website page presenting 101 shocking statistics on sexist violence and discrimination against women worldwide. This action aims to highlight the depth of male-female inequality and the many areas in which these abuses occur: relationships, marriage, health, work, politics, access to land, media visibility,…
Philippine Government Bans Journalist from Presidential Palace Locking Out Rappler News Site Threatens Media Freedoms By Carlos H. Conde Researcher, Asia Division Human Rights Watch @condeHRW Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration renewed its assault on the media by banning a reporter and the executive editor from the news site Rappler from entering the executive office…
Kuwait/Philippines: Protect Filipino Migrant Workers Migration Ban Increases Abuse Risk (Beirut, February 21, 2018) – The Philippines’ new ban on Filipinos migrating to Kuwait for work is likely to increase abuses of workers who are forced to resort to unsafe and unregulated channels to enter the country, Human Rights Watch said today. Kuwait and the…
Philippines Murderous ‘Drug War’ in ICC Crosshairs UN Investigation Still Urgently Needed February 9, 2018 Dispatches By Param-Preet Singh Associate Director, International Justice Program Human Rights Watch @singhp_p The International Criminal Court (ICC) will conduct a “preliminary examination” into killings linked to the Philippine government’s “war on drugs,” the court’s prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced today.…
International Criminal Court (ICC) to open preliminary examination of the situation in the Philippines Statement of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Mrs Fatou Bensouda, on opening Preliminary Examinations into the situations in the Philippines and in Venezuela Following a careful, independent and impartial review of a number of communications and reports documenting alleged…
Philippines: Discrimination Against Workers with HIV Amid Epidemic, Weak Government Response to Unlawful Firings, Harassment (Manila, February 9, 2018) – Workers and employees in the Philippines living with HIV who suffer workplace discrimination often do not seek redress, Human Rights Watch said today. The Philippines has the fastest-growing HIV infection rate in the Asia-Pacific region.…
Philippines: Endorse UN Inquiry into ‘Drug War’ Killings Independent Investigation Needed to Clarify Death Toll, Promote Accountability (New York, February 1, 2018) – The Philippine government should urgently support the creation of a United Nations-led investigation into the thousands of killings linked to its “war on drugs,” Human Rights Watch said today. A UN-led probe…
TRAIN law plunging workers and poor deeper into poverty, says labor rights NGO Almost exactly a month since the Duterte administration implemented its much-hyped Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion law, labour rights organization, Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) expressed serious alarm over the TRAIN effects saying it is rapidly plunging workers…
A Whisper of Accountability in Philippine ‘Drug War’ Rare Prosecution of Police Underscores Need for UN-Led Probe by Phelim Kine Deputy Director, Asia Division @PhelimKine A Philippine court today filed murder charges against three police officers for the alleged summary execution of 17-year-old Kian Loyd delos Santos during an anti-drug operation on August 16 in…
Hands off teachers’ union leader! – Solon ACT Teachers Party-List Representative France Castro condemned the harassment of Alliance of Concerned Teachers-NCR (ACT-NCR) Union President Joselyn “Ma’am Joy” Martinez by three policemen in civilian clothes in her school, Imelda Elementary School, Malabon using an invalid warrant of arrest today. The policemen, wearing only shorts and slippers,…
Philippines’ Duterte Pursues Distraction Over Accountability Administration Claims Human Rights Watch ‘Politicized’ Drug War Killings By Phelim Kine Deputy Director, Asia Division @PhelimKine Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Cayetano on Saturday attacked Human Rights Watch for “deliberately misrepresenting” the scale of the killings of President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs” to create an “unfair and…
Philippine Government Targets ‘Rappler’ for Closure Foreign Ownership Allegations Mask Vendetta Against Critical News Website By Phelim Kine Deputy Director for Asia Human Rights Watch The Philippine government has ratcheted up its attack on media freedom, threatening the closure of Rappler.com. Rappler is a start-up media platform founded in 2012 that has published numerous investigative…
Workers greet “bleak new year” with protest vs. pending prices hikes as TRAIN takes effect Workers commenced the year with protests at Mendiola Bridge after prices of basic commodities are expected to spike as the new tax measure of the government took effect on the first day of the year. The protest held by socialist…
Waste and Toxic Watch Group Deplores Piles of Garbage in MM Streets Quezon City. January is observed as the “Zero Waste Month” and the streets of Metro Manila are strewn with garbage following the New Year revelry. The EcoWaste Coalition, a waste and toxic watch group, drew attention to this ironical situation as piles of…
On Davao fire, hold PEZA, DOLE and other government units and corporations accountable The labour rights organization, Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) today calls to hold the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), the Department of Labour and Employment (DOLE) and the Davao city government to account for the 38 workers who were…
Philippines warned over “massive” impact of military operations on Mindanao indigenous peoples GENEVA (27 December 2017) – The ongoing militarization of Mindanao in the Philippines is having a massive and potentially irreversible impact on the human rights of some of the island’s indigenous Lumad communities, UN experts* have warned. “Thousands of Lumads have already been…
Global Conference on Cyberspace 2017: Civil society messages To the hosts and delegates of the Global Conference on Cyberspace (GCCS) 2017, A free, open and secure cyberspace underpinned by human rights and democratic values is a prerequisite to socio-economic development. To this end, we must recognise that people are at the center of all technological…
Basta ya! WTO: People Choose Sovereignty Focus on the Global South, Statement on the failure of MC11 in Buenos Aires 15 December 2017 The failure of the WTO talks in Buenos Aires to produce any substantial outcome is a victory for the people. This is a clear and significant pushback against the WTO and its…
