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Calls for action amid rising tensions and reported human rights violations against political prisoners in Negros Island

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Attacks against environmental defenders “who selflessly dedicate their lives to protecting our environment is a flagrant assault on us all”.

Protecting Indigenous identity, rights and existence. Check, check, check.

The warrants, dated February 2, 2024, are in connection with charges of oral defamation filed by the Department of Justice in December 2023

The Supreme Court said that the activists had established that there were violations or threats to their “life, liberty, and security.” 

Rohingyas, an ethnic minority group predominantly Muslim, faced a genocide in 2017 that forced over 740,000 to flee to Bangladesh

Cumpio was editor of the Eastern Vista news website when she was arrested in 2020 and charged with illegal possession of firearms

Karapatan revealed that there are at least 27 political prisoners facing charges under the Anti-Terrorism Act

The Protestant Council also denounced the “series of fabricated charges,” under the Anti-Terrorism Law, against church workers

The reports highlight community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio's continued detention, red-tagging, and blocking of alternative media outfits

Katribu also warned against “a disturbing trend” of consecutive abductions and enforced disappearances that has emerged