Tag: Human Rights Watch

Public criticism of the party is not tolerated and groups which promote democratization are targeted by the authorities

The report noted that the human rights situation in the Philippines worsened as the government imposed strict lockdown measures

Gov't had mostly failed to act against suspected abusers of human rights, despite being informed of commission’s findings

Country’s election commission has made critical decisions without meaningful transparency that will affect many ethnic minority areas - HRW

Those detained in camps face higher rates of malnutrition, waterborne illnesses, and child and maternal mortality

Electoral process is undermined by systemic problems and rights abuses, Human Rights Watch says

Sedition, counterterrorism laws used to silence peaceful critics in India, Human Rights Watch says

Government statistics show that state security forces “killed 50 percent more people” from April to July than in the preceding four months

In a recorded address to the nation on August 31, President Duterte ordered the head of the customs bureau to “shoot and kill” drug smugglers

At least 62 human rights and civil society groups express their “grave concern" over "serious human rights violations” in the Philippines