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Philippines: Overturn Absurd Guilty Verdict Against Satur Ocampo, Rep France Castro And Others
Thursday, 18 July 2024, 6:24 pm | ICHRP
The charges were laid in 2018 when Castro, Ocampo and others mounted a National Humanitarian Mission to Talaingod, Davao del Norte, to bring food to the students at the Lumad School there which was under a food blockade and threats of violence from the notorious ... More >>
Wage Hike For Private Sector Workers In Metro Manila, Not Enough To Buy A Kilo Of Rice – ICHRP
Friday, 5 July 2024, 10:08 am | ICHRP
July 4, 2024 The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) condemns the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in its recent Wage Order No. NCR-25 providing a P35 (USD 0.60) wage hike for private sector workers ... More >>
ICHRP Condemns Proposed Visiting Forces Agreement Between New Zealand And The Philippines
Saturday, 29 June 2024, 3:38 pm | ICHRP
A VFA between the two countries is an agreement to have closer military ties making it easier for the armed forces of the two countries to work together. More >>
Secret Pentagon Anti-vaccine Campaign In Philippines Tramples On Rights Of People
Thursday, 27 June 2024, 4:35 am | ICHRP
A recent investigation and report by Reuters , released on June 14, 2024, revealed a year-long covert propaganda campaign by the United States military to deter Filipinos from taking the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine Sinovac. The campaign ran from mid-2020 ... More >>
ICHRP Condemns Military Harassment Of Peasant Leaders In Central Luzon
Thursday, 27 June 2024, 4:33 am | ICHRP
ICHRP condemns the reported illegal raid of peasant leader Ronnie Manalo’s residence and the military operation in peasant communities in at least six sitios of barangays San Roque, Paradise 3, and Tungkong Mangga in the City of San Jose Del Monte (CSJDM) ... More >>
ICHRP Statement - International People’s Tribunal: US, Marcos & Duterte Guilty Of Massive War Crimes
Sunday, 19 May 2024, 1:22 pm | ICHRP
In wake of this critical ruling, ICHRP calls upon its members, network and people inspired by this tribunal to immediately hold a week of action in response, from May 21-27. More >>
Condemn The Arrest Of US Embassy 6! End US Balikatan Exercises!
Monday, 6 May 2024, 4:57 am | ICHRP
The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) vehemently condemns the arrest of six students who participated in a Labor Day protest action near the US Embassy in Manila, Philippines. More >>
Human Rights Coalition Condemns Red-Tagging Of Peasant Advocate In Dasmariñas, Cavite
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 2:02 pm | ICHRP
This past week, peasant organization KASAMA – TK announced that its Deputy General Secretary, Jeverlyn Seguin, is wanted by Task Force Ugnay under the 2nd Infantry Division of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Since March, members of the ... More >>
US-Japan-Philippines Trilateral Summit Makes The Philippines A Battlefield For US-China Conflict
Saturday, 13 April 2024, 5:49 am | ICHRP
The “Independence” of the Philippines in the immediate postwar period institutionalized US military, economic and political control through unequal treaties and trade agreements. More >>
Indiscriminate Aerial Bombing In Abra, Philippines, Violates International Humanitarian Law
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 9:51 am | ICHRP
On April 2, 2024, the Philippine Air Force bombed and fired rockets in the area of Gapay Village, Pilar, Abra Province, a mountainous area near the boundary with Ilocos Sur Province, forcing the closure of schools and the evacuation of up to 212 families ... More >>
International Human Rights Group Condemns Philippine Police Execution Of Trade Union Organiser Jude Fernandez
Monday, 9 October 2023, 5:36 am | ICHRP
October 7, 2023 “The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) expresses its anger and condemnation at the Philippine National Police for executing 67-year-old trade union organizer Jude Thaddeus Fernandez, in Rizal,” ... More >>
ICHRP Calls For An End To US Military Presence In The Philippines
Saturday, 18 February 2023, 8:15 am | ICHRP
“The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) is very critical of the recent announcement of the Philippine government that US troops will be approved to operate out of additional Philippine military bases,” said Peter ... More >>
ICHRP Welcomes UN Rapporteur Visit To The Philippines
Monday, 28 November 2022, 7:51 pm | ICHRP
Calls On Marcos Government To Allow Transparent Investigation Of Extra-Judicial Killings “The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) welcomes the recent announcement by Philippines Justice Secretary Jesus Remulla that ... More >>
International HR Coalition Calls For Action By UNHRC Member States During Universal Periodic Review Of The Philippines
Tuesday, 15 November 2022, 6:09 pm | ICHRP
November 14, 2022 “Members of the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) are physically present in Geneva, Switzerland to witness the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Philippines,” said ICHRP Chairperson ... More >>
ICHRP Calls For Continued ICC Investigation Of Duterte’s Crimes Against Humanity
Thursday, 4 August 2022, 6:37 am | ICHRP
August 3, 2022 Refusal of the Marcos Administration to rejoin the ICC shields Duterte and his policies of impunity and state terror, further victimizing the 30,000 that were summarily executed in the Duterte Regimes wars on drugs; on dissent; and on ... More >>
Defy Duterte’s Final Effort To Shut Down Rappler.com
Saturday, 2 July 2022, 5:46 pm | ICHRP
“The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) joins the global chorus condemnation of Rodrigo Duterte’s 11th hour effort to close down Rappler.com . This is another serious violation of civil and political rights. We ... More >>
Final Report Of The Philippine Election 2022 International Observers Mission
Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 7:54 pm | ICHRP
The Philippine Election 2022 International Observer Mission (IOM) was established as a response to Investigate PH ’s independent international investigation into human rights violations in the Philippines. The IOM has had over 60 observers from ... More >>
ICHRP Condemns Judicial Harassment Of Karapatan, And Other Philippine Human Rights Groups
Tuesday, 21 June 2022, 6:02 am | ICHRP
June 20, 2022 “The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) calls for the vexatious perjury case against Ms. Cristina Palabay and other leading human rights advocates in the Philippines to be withdrawn when Ms. Palabay ... More >>
Philippines: ICHRP Calls For The Release Of Some 97 Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries And Agrarian Reform Advocates
Saturday, 11 June 2022, 6:04 am | ICHRP
June 10, 2022 The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) calls for the release of some 97 agrarian reform beneficiaries and agrarian reform advocates nabbed in Tarlac on the eve of the 34th year of the Comprehensive Agrarian ... More >>
Philippine Elections: A Past Revisited
Thursday, 19 May 2022, 8:39 pm | ICHRP
The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines began monitoring the recent Philippine election from the kick-off of the campaign in February 2022. The Philippine Election 2022 International Observer Mission (IOM) was recommended ... More >>