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ICHRP Calls For Transparency In Philippine Congress Investigations Of Drug War And Related Crimes Against Humanity
Monday, 4 November 2024, 9:03 am | ICHRP
PH gov’t role as a serial human rights violator, perpetrator of state terrorism once again exposed in legislative hearings into drug war More >>
Peasant Organizer Abducted By AFP In Laguna
Monday, 21 October 2024, 10:17 am | ICHRP
Matias’ abduction is the 18th active case of enforced disappearance under the Marcos Jr. administration. Her disappearance happened in the midst of increasing militarization in the Southern Tagalog region. More >>
Press Conference For American HR Activist Barred From The Philippines, Another In A Pattern Of Political Repression
Monday, 21 October 2024, 4:43 am | ICHRP
Copeland Downs says his experience fits into the larger pattern of repressive actions by the US and Philippine governments who coordinate on surveillance strategy. More >>
Peace Activist Denied Entry To The Philippines
Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 8:45 pm | ICHRP
The denial of entry is a violation of Copeland’s rights to freedom of movement and part of the larger pattern of attacks against human rights defenders and the growing international solidarity movement for human rights in the Philippines. More >>
NDFP Peace Consultant Killed While Meeting Peasants In Cagayan
Friday, 4 October 2024, 3:24 am | ICHRP
In addition to the violation of JASIG, the killing of Arbitrario constitutes a violation of international humanitarian law (IHL) as he was a prisoner of war, and thus hors de combat, at the time of his killing. More >>
Oppose Heightened Militarization And Use Of US Made Tanks Against Peasant Communities In Southern Tagalog
Thursday, 3 October 2024, 3:15 am | ICHRP
As the Armed Forces of the Philippines continue to use US military aid and US manufactured weapons against poor and marginalized communities in the Philippines, it is critical the international community raise our level of opposition to US-led militarization ... More >>
Surface Two Youth Activists Abducted In Cagayan Valley
Monday, 16 September 2024, 3:02 pm | ICHRP
The latest annual joint military exercise dubbed Balikatan (shoulder to shoulder) that ended in May 10, 2024, also took place in Cagayan Valley Region where the recent abduction incident happened. More >>
Evading Accountability, Philippine Court Denies Protection Orders For IPT Witness Jonila Castro And Activist Jhed Tamano
Tuesday, 20 August 2024, 2:06 pm | ICHRP
On August 6, 2024, the 8th Division of the Philippine Court of Appeals denied the application for writ of amparo and writ of habeas data of environmental activists Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano, which would have provided the two activists with legal ... More >>
AFP Claim To “Reaffirm” Human Rights And International Humanitarian Law A Total Mockery
Saturday, 17 August 2024, 7:13 pm | ICHRP
As democratic space in the Philippines continues to shrink, ICHRP calls on the international community to continue to expose and oppose the war crimes committed against the Filipino people and to stop all forms of military support to the Marcos Jr. regime. More >>
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 >>
