What RFK Award to Filipino Lawyers Group Means for Human Rights in the Philippines and Beyond
New Advocacy Hub Launched to Shield Human Rights Defenders
From Online Abuse to Real-World Harm: The War on Women Journalists in the Philippines
Medicine Prices in the Philippines Are Crazy High; Systemic Regulatory Failures Enable Runaway Greed by Distributors, Drugstores
How Ayala Took Land Away from Poor Iloilo Fisherfolk to Build a High-End Resort
Hundreds Are Still Being Killed in Drug War. What’s Stopping the Marcos Government from Doing the Right Thing?
The 43rd RFK Human Rights Award goes to the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers, whose members have faced…
OPINION: Blaming social media for the drop in support for the ICC prosecution of former president Rodrigo Duterte…
The Commission on Human Rights issues its most urgent call yet for full reparations to Filipina survivors of…
A landmark summit in 2024 asked the government to treat illegal drugs not as a crime problem but…
In a first, the Philippines launches community-led harm reduction modules that recognize the human rights of drug users…
OPINION: Aside from the belated case at the International Criminal Court, institutions of international accountability have been missing…
A landmark summit in 2024 asked the government to treat illegal drugs not as a crime problem but…
A preliminary report by Workers’ Rights Watch paints a grim picture of the state of labor rights in…
Dead bodies, damaged lands, and the cost of getting used to everyday impunity JAKE IS 17. One day…
OPINION: Blaming social media for the drop in support for the ICC prosecution of former president Rodrigo Duterte…
The five-judge panel upheld a January decision from Pre-Trial Chamber I, which had found no good reason to…
The arguments for why Duterte trial will happen—and why it should—are overwhelming. But so is the argument that…
A report by the Commission on Human Rights accuses the Philippine government of violating laws meant to protect…
Nearly 25,000 people were apprehended in two days. The police say it's about discipline. Critics say the numbers…
Building on previous documentation by human rights groups, the Commission on Human Rights issues a report this week…
Women journalists in the Philippines are among the most targeted in the world, and the attacks online are…
An 11-year-old girl's letter to President Marcos jr. went viral. Behind it is a small shelter in Camarines…
Ma. Salome Ujano’s acquittal is the latest blow to a security framework critics say is built on thin…
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Women journalists in the Philippines are among the most targeted in the world, and the attacks online are…
A TACLOBAN court on Friday affirmed the terrorism financing conviction of community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and lay…
NEWS ANALYSIS: A critical ruling due on Monday, March 23, could test whether Philippine courts will keep sustaining…
Kalasag taps a growing civil society coalition to protect activists, journalists, lawyers, and community leaders at risk A…
Women journalists in the Philippines are among the most targeted in the world, and the attacks online are…
A new report by a UN Special Rapporteur finds that Meta/Facebook, X, TikTok, YouTube and other platforms activists…
IN CONTEXT: President Marcos has said he wants the Philippines to move away from coal. But by 2030,…
Five groups demand the cancellation of permits for mining companies found to have damaged the environment as reports…
AS TYPHOON #UWAN #FUNGWONG BATTERS 🇵🇭, here’s a reminder that it is not just the forces of nature…
CONTEXT CHECK: Layers of markups and taxes that push prices as high as 355%, a gutted generics law,…
A preliminary report by Workers’ Rights Watch paints a grim picture of the state of labor rights in…
CONTEXT CHECK: Filipinos are struggling with housing, yes. But what the data actually shows is that the Philippines…
CONTEXT CHECK: The Commission on Human Right endorsed and celebrated the Philippines’ removal from the UN list of…
Dead bodies, damaged lands, and the cost of getting used to everyday impunity JAKE IS 17. One day…
IN CONTEXT: Migrant groups are raising alarm about the kafala system in the Middle East, which ties Filipino…
New documentary shows how Ayala Land, colluding with the administration of the late president Noynoy Aquino, grabbed 335…
NEWS ANALYSIS: Decades of policy failure — from the OPSF to oil deregulation — have left ordinary Filipinos…
OPINION: Aside from the belated case at the International Criminal Court, institutions of international accountability have been missing…
