Tag: Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch demands justice as hearings unveil Duterte-era killings
Philippine Congress has held hearings exposing high-ranking officials involved in orchestrating targeted killings during the "war on drugs"
HRW: Philippine labor leaders targeted in deadly ‘red-tagging’ practice
The practice has extended beyond labor leaders to target student activists, environmentalists, Indigenous peoples, and journalists
HRW raises alarm as PH tops Asia for environmental defender murders
Human Rights Watch raised the alarm over the rising violence against environmental defenders in the Philippines, following the release of a Global Witness report...
International rights group hits China for renaming Uyghur villages to suppress...
The implications of these changes are profound, according to HRW, impacting Uyghurs' daily lives and cultural continuity
HRW: Continued abuses undermine Marcos Jr’s human rights rhetoric
“The government’s refusal to allow the ICC to investigate is a glaring contradiction to its professed human rights commitments,” Conde said
Human Rights Watch hits government inaction over new spate of drug-related...
In an event on March 22, Mayor Duterte told drug users that if they “won’t stop” and “won’t leave” the city, “I will kill you”.
Human Rights Watch urges Philippines to end ‘red-tagging’ menace putting activists...
“Red-tagging is a form of harassment that can lead to deadly abuses and runs counter to Marcos’s pledge to promote human rights”
Threats to defund Philippines human rights body over abortion stance spark...
The CHR chairperson reversed the commission's position on abortion rights on November 15, declaring that the CHR is now "against abortion"
Human Rights Watch decries killing of Filipino labor organizer
“Those killed had often been “red-tagged”—alleged to be members of the communist New People’s Army—before they were assaulted”
Human Rights Watch raises alarm over enforced disappearances
Conde lambasted the infectivity of the law against enforced disappearances – the first in Asia – that Congress enacted in 2012.
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