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Filipino Human Rights Defenders, Int’l Faith Allies Convene In Rome For Pagtatanim
Thursday, 3 July 2025, 11:03 am | ICHRP
Over the two days of the conference, speakers and participants emphasized the urgent need for solidarity from communities of faith during the current political moment. More >>
Senate Waffle On Sara Duterte Impeachment Shows Deep Flaws In Philippine Democracy
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 9:25 pm | ICHRP
ICHRP strongly supports the public rallies and cries of the people to press the Senate to do its constitutional duty. More >>
PH 2025 Elections Did Not Meet Int’l Standards For Free, Fair Elections –Observer Mission Report
Saturday, 31 May 2025, 6:49 pm | ICHRP
Voter disenfranchisement, vote-buying, systematic repression, and foreign interference cited as key findings. More >>
IOM Doubles Down On Electoral Disenfranchisement In Response To Comelec’s Garcia
Saturday, 31 May 2025, 6:17 am | ICHRP
IOM echoed the calls of Filipinos that Comelec should focus its attention where it is most needed: on the issues raised by voters, civil society, and the broader public. These include persistent reports of vote-buying, dynastic dominance, red-tagging, ... More >>
PH Election Day Marred By Disenfranchisement, Violence, Technical Failures, Says Rights-Led Observer Mission
Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 8:25 am | ICHRP
Beyond the failures in the voting technology, the IOM has noted an intensification of election-related violence and rights violations. Initial reports documented election-day riots, armed attacks, and multiple fatalities in the weeks leading up to May 12. More >>
Zero In: Killings Heighten In Northern And Southern Philippines Amidst 2025 Midterm Elections
Sunday, 11 May 2025, 8:47 pm | ICHRP
The Philippine National Police Public Information Office reported a troubling total of 62 incidents from January 12 to April 28, 2025. More >>
Rights Group Sounds Alarm: Marcos, Candidates Manufacturing Consent For US Soft Invasion Of PH
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 8:40 am | ICHRP
ICHRP is gravely concerned over the threat this year’s Balikatan exercises pose to the freedom and sovereignty of the 2025 elections. More >>
World Is Watching: Int’l Observers To Monitor PH Mid-term Polls Amid Escalating Election Violence
Thursday, 24 April 2025, 11:34 am | ICHRP
The mission responds to the call for impartial, international scrutiny of the Philippine electoral process, amid persistent reports of state-sponsored harassment, and election-related killings, and fraud. More >>
Duterte Arrest Underscores Urgent Need For Upsurge In Faith Solidarity For The Filipino People’s Struggle
Saturday, 12 April 2025, 6:23 am | ICHRP
As the ICC proceedings against Duterte unfold in Europe and the human rights situation in the Philippines deteriorates, the need for a unified faith-based response has never been more critical. More >>
ICHRP Condemns Harassment And Threats Against Victims Of Duterte’s War On The Poor
Wednesday, 2 April 2025, 4:19 pm | ICHRP
Among the false narratives promoted were claims of unfair treatment of Duterte during his arrest and targeted online attacks on victims' families, their legal counsels, and those supportive of the movement for justice. More >>
ICHRP: Arrest And Trial Of Duterte Must Lead To Full Accountability — Marcos Regime Not Off The Hook
Tuesday, 18 March 2025, 5:38 pm | ICHRP
The press conference concluded with a call to the global community for continued solidarity and pressure on the Marcos regime to end the cycle of violence and impunity that has plagued the Philippines for years. More >>
Massive Victory By Nexperia Philippines Workers Union Against Savage Union-Busting Strategy
Thursday, 13 March 2025, 10:19 pm | ICHRP
ICHRP Salutes Workers and Supports the Fight Ahead More >>
ICHRP Welcomes Duterte’s Arrest: A Landmark Step Towards Justice
Thursday, 13 March 2025, 9:24 pm | ICHRP
“This is a historic moment for the victims and their families who have long suffered under Duterte’s reign of terror,” said ICHRP Chairperson Peter Murphy. More >>
ICHRP Condemns Heightening Attacks Against Peasants & Indigenous People Following FA-50 Crash In Mindanao
Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 5:47 pm | ICHRP
ICHRP calls on the GRP to uphold IHL and end its campaign of surveillance and indiscriminate bombings in civilian communities. We must develop the solidarity movement for the struggle of Filipinos for land and life amid growing aerial attacks and bombings. More >>
ICHRP Condemns Aerial Strafing And Militarization In Mindoro; Supports The Call To Help Affected Civilians
Friday, 28 February 2025, 6:34 pm | ICHRP
The military’s use of aerial artillery has caused severe distress and trauma to the residents of the affected areas. In the town of Pola, the artillery rounds have damaged their farms, affecting the livelihood of local farmers and preventing them ... More >>
Human Rights Coalition Castigates Marcos Jr. For Wrecking Peace Talks
Monday, 17 February 2025, 10:53 pm | ICHRP
National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano, and Assistant Director General of the National Security Council Jonathan Malaya, have opposed the peace talks and continue to justify the violent attacks by government security forces on unarmed NDFP peace consultants ... More >>
Stop US Meddling In The Philippines. ICHRP Response To Feb 6 Crash Of US Surveillance Plane In Mindanao
Monday, 17 February 2025, 10:49 pm | ICHRP
The surveillance operation, which happened not far from the site of the notorious 2009 Maguindanao Massacre, is yet another event which raises serious concerns about the devastating impacts of the United States role in “counter-terror” and counterinsurgency ... More >>
Investigate Military Killing Of Two Youths In Masbate!
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 4:35 pm | ICHRP
Fourteen-year-old Jeffrey ‘JP’ Osabel and 18-year-old Redjan Montealegre were shot and killed while walking home alongside each other from a Christmas party in a nearby barangay. JP and Redjan were in Grades 9 and 10, respectively. More >>
ICHRP Says No To Marcos Jr. Bid For Seat On UN Security Council
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 9:32 am | ICHRP
In his bid for a seat on the Security Council, Marcos Jr. seeks to crown his ongoing misinformation campaign with further international recognition. Granting this to Marcos Jr. would be a reprehensible award to a regime committing unconscionable crimes ... More >>
Cancel Trumped-Up Charges Of The Financing Of Terrorism Against Three Negros Development Workers
Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 3:13 pm | ICHRP
Federico Salvilla, Perla Jaleco and Dharyll Albañez, former and current staff workers of Paghidaet sa Kauswagan Development Group Inc. (PDG), were arrested on January 2, 2025. More >>