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Rights group challenges candidates for 2022 elections to lay down platforms

Candidates are urged to present “a clear-cut and comprehensive program" that will include plans to address the pandemic

PMPI welcomes UN recognition of healthy environment as fundamental right

The faith-based group said the UNHRC resolution is "a welcome development" for environmental advocates and human rights defenders

The Gold Trap: How COVID-19 is pushing more Filipino children into...

The coronavirus pandemic has pushed back to zero the anti-child labor efforts of the Philippines

Philippine Catholic bishops mourn death of country’s human rights chief

Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo paid tribute to Gascon’s courage “at a time when ... violence are expressly encouraged by those in power"

Faith-based groups laud UN recognition of access to healthy environment as...

On October 8, the UN Human Rights Council voted to recognize the right to a safe, healthy, and sustainable environment as a human right

Rights groups press for ‘overdue accountability’ on Philippine ‘drug war’ killings

UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet called on the Philippines to make public the findings of its inter-agency panel that reviewed the 'drug war'

Global civil society alliance appeals for probe into Philippine rights situation

CIVICUS noted that one year on from the adoption of a resolution at the UNHRC, “serious civic freedoms violations continue to occur"

Rights group demands action on Philippine Army ‘cyber attacks’ on media

The attacks on alternative media outfits Bulatlat and Altermidya reportedly originated from the IP address assigned to the Philippine Army

Vaccine Badges: ‘Boss-Level Dystopia’

One doesn’t have to be an infectious diseases expert to know that this regime is using the pandemic for its own nefarious ends

Philippines’ Duterte defends ‘war on drugs’ before UN General Assembly

"Those found to have acted beyond bounds during operations shall be made accountable before our laws," said Duterte

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