A Couple Went Into the Forest for Firewood. One Came Home Dead After Soldiers Mistook Them for Communist Rebels.
The Philippine Army has acknowledged a possible case of mistaken identity after soldiers fatally shot…
Tag: human rights
Can the Philippines Arrest a Sitting Senator on an ICC Warrant? The Law Has a Path—But Politics Will Decide
The Department of Justice says Philippine law provides a possible legal pathway to act on…
ASEAN Rights Group Condemns Killings in Central Philippines, Calls for Independent Inquiry
A regional rights group denounces a deadly military operation in Negros Occidental that left 19…
Lawyers Demand Answers After a Child Killed in Zamboanga Police Operation
A child’s death in a Zamboanga raid sparks calls for an independent probe, as lawyers…
Digital Age, Same Old Battles: Disinformation Weaponized Against Indigenous Peoples
As the Philippines goes digital, disinformation is increasingly weaponized against Indigenous Peoples—reshaping narratives to justify…
Bangsamoro Officials Step Up to Guide Police Reforms
Three Bangsamoro officials have joined the region’s police reform advisory group, signaling stronger multi-sector backing…
Carpio: Filipinos Must Confront Conscience Over Duterte Drug War Killings
Former Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Carpio urges moral reckoning as ICC hears Rodrigo Duterte’s…
ICC Clears Way For Duterte Trial As Families Of Slain Drug War Victims Await Justice
ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY, Philippines — The family of 19-year-old Anwar Sawadjaan, who was killed alongside friends…
ICC: Duterte Fit To Join Pre-Trial Proceedings
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is medically fit to participate in pre-trial proceedings, the International…
Duterte Is Gone, But The Shadow Of Drug War Hangs Over Marcos Presidency
MANILA, Philippines — More than three years after Rodrigo Duterte stepped down, the bloody legacy…
‘The war on drugs will never end’: Why experts say it’s time for a new approach
MANILA, Philippines – Nearly a decade since the country launched its most aggressive anti-drug campaign,…