Saturday, May 9, 2026

28th ASEAN SUMMIT: Southeast Asia’s Human Rights Body Enables Abuses. It Was Built that Way.

If you are an ASEAN member, you can kill thousands of your own citizens, disappear activists, label journalists…

May 9, 2026

Defeated at Every Turn While Offending the ICC with His Media Antics, Duterte's Lead Lawyer Exits

Nicholas Kaufman's contract expired and his conduct drew official rebukes — but the real story is that he…

May 9, 2026

From Rappler to Human Rights Watch: Lian Buan Steps Into a Critical Role

MANILA — Lian Buan, a senior investigative reporter at Rappler, is joining Human Rights Watch as its new…

May 6, 2026

28th ASEAN SUMMIT: Southeast Asia’s Human Rights Body Enables Abuses. It Was Built that Way.

If you are an ASEAN member, you can kill thousands of your own citizens, disappear activists, label journalists…

May 9, 2026

48th ASEAN SUMMIT: How Southeast Asia Keeps Looking Away as Human Rights Deteriorates

When ASEAN members kill their own citizens, the bloc's political forums look away, its human rights body says…

May 8, 2026

From Rappler to Human Rights Watch: Lian Buan Steps Into a Critical Role

MANILA — Lian Buan, a senior investigative reporter at Rappler, is joining Human Rights Watch as its new…

May 6, 2026

28th ASEAN SUMMIT: Southeast Asia’s Human Rights Body Enables Abuses. It Was Built that Way.

If you are an ASEAN member, you can kill thousands of your own citizens, disappear activists, label journalists…

May 9, 2026

48th ASEAN SUMMIT: How Southeast Asia Keeps Looking Away as Human Rights Deteriorates

When ASEAN members kill their own citizens, the bloc's political forums look away, its human rights body says…

May 8, 2026

From Rappler to Human Rights Watch: Lian Buan Steps Into a Critical Role

MANILA — Lian Buan, a senior investigative reporter at Rappler, is joining Human Rights Watch as its new…

May 6, 2026

Defeated at Every Turn While Offending the ICC with His Media Antics, Duterte's Lead Lawyer Exits

Nicholas Kaufman's contract expired and his conduct drew official rebukes — but the real story is that he…

May 9, 2026

From Rappler to Human Rights Watch: Lian Buan Steps Into a Critical Role

MANILA — Lian Buan, a senior investigative reporter at Rappler, is joining Human Rights Watch as its new…

May 6, 2026

Duterte’s Lawyer Is Right About the ICC Seeking Relevance. He's Just Wrong About Why.

NEWS ANALYSIS: The ICC handed drug war families something no Philippine court ever did: a real shot at…

Apr 23, 2026

Toboso 19: The Communists Named Their Own Fighters. Now the Government Owes Answers About the Rest.

NEWS ANALYSIS: The Communist Party's admission that nine of the 19 killed were not its combatants shifts the…

Apr 28, 2026

Another ‘Nanlaban’ Claim: Boy, Dad, Cousin Killed in Police Raid for Militant

A joint military-police operation targeting a suspected militant left three members of a Zamboanga City family dead. The…

Apr 27, 2026

Damning CHR Report Exposes Torture, Mistreatment, Neglect of Children in Government Facilities

A report by the Commission on Human Rights accuses the Philippine government of violating laws meant to protect…

Apr 9, 2026

28th ASEAN SUMMIT: Southeast Asia’s Human Rights Body Enables Abuses. It Was Built that Way.

If you are an ASEAN member, you can kill thousands of your own citizens, disappear activists, label journalists…

May 9, 2026

From Online Abuse to Real-World Harm: The War on Women Journalists in the Philippines

Women journalists in the Philippines are among the most targeted in the world, and the attacks online are…

Apr 16, 2026

'How Will We Read If We Are Being Raped?'

An 11-year-old girl's letter to President Marcos jr. went viral. Behind it is a small shelter in Camarines…

Apr 1, 2026

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48th ASEAN SUMMIT: How Southeast Asia Keeps Looking Away as Human Rights Deteriorates

When ASEAN members kill their own citizens, the bloc's political forums look away, its human rights body says…

May 8, 2026

The Arrest of Jay Sonza: A Masterclass in Selective Outrage

An unjust law applied to an adversary is still an unjust law. writes Cong Corrales "I DISAPPROVE of…

May 7, 2026

From Rappler to Human Rights Watch: Lian Buan Steps Into a Critical Role

MANILA — Lian Buan, a senior investigative reporter at Rappler, is joining Human Rights Watch as its new…

May 6, 2026

'Red-Tagging Must Stop.' In New Report, Rights Body Offers Ways to Make that Happen.

The Philippine government's own human rights body released this week an important report on red-tagging, its second in…

May 6, 2026

New Advocacy Hub Launched to Shield Human Rights Defenders

Kalasag taps a growing civil society coalition to protect activists, journalists, lawyers, and community leaders at risk A…

Apr 17, 2026

From Online Abuse to Real-World Harm: The War on Women Journalists in the Philippines

Women journalists in the Philippines are among the most targeted in the world, and the attacks online are…

Apr 16, 2026

Navotas Dumpsite Third Landfill to Burn in Four Months. It Won't Be the Last. 

Three weeks of toxic smoke from a forgotten landfill sickened thousands. Satellites finally confirm the air is clearing…

Apr 30, 2026

Marcos Taps Coal to Deal with Energy Crisis. Sound Move? Or Just a Habit That's Hard to Break?

IN CONTEXT: President Marcos has said he wants the Philippines to move away from coal. But by 2030,…

Mar 25, 2026

‘Mining Hell Week’: Communities Protest Destructive Mining, Urge DENR to Cancel Permits

Five groups demand the cancellation of permits for mining companies found to have damaged the environment as reports…

Mar 13, 2026

AI Job Disruption: What’s Hype, What’s Real and What Can the Philippines Do About It

The Philippines cannot fully realize the benefits of workplace AI without setting up the needed policies, such as…

May 1, 2026

WATCH: Mga Maling Akala Tungkol sa 4Ps / #Poverty #EconomicRights

Sa Episode 2 ng video podcast ng Rights Report Philippines, tinalakay ni Caloy Conde at RosB Guzman ng…

Apr 29, 2026

Stark Warning from Amnesty on the State of Human  Rights

Amnesty International paints a mixed picture of the Philippines, where rights abuses persist Ritz Lee Santos III, Amnesty…

Apr 22, 2026

8 Things You Need to Know About the Philippines' Removal from the UN Child Rights Watchlist. And Why the Celebration Was Premature.

CONTEXT CHECK: The Commission on Human Right endorsed and celebrated the Philippines’ removal from the UN list of…

Mar 27, 2026

The Nameless Corpses of Sirang Lupa

Dead bodies, damaged lands, and the cost of getting used to everyday impunity JAKE IS 17. One day…

Mar 23, 2026

Unaddressed Crisis: How Abusive Kafala System Traps OFWs as US-Iran War Worsens

IN CONTEXT: Migrant groups are raising alarm about the kafala system in the Middle East, which ties Filipino…

Mar 14, 2026

28th ASEAN SUMMIT: Southeast Asia’s Human Rights Body Enables Abuses. It Was Built that Way.

If you are an ASEAN member, you can kill thousands of your own citizens, disappear activists, label journalists…

May 9, 2026

The Jay Sonza Cyberlibel Conundrum: Miss by an Inch, Miss by a Mile

Allowing an unjust law to crush a propagandist today only sharpens the blade that will inevitably be used…

May 8, 2026

48th ASEAN SUMMIT: How Southeast Asia Keeps Looking Away as Human Rights Deteriorates

When ASEAN members kill their own citizens, the bloc's political forums look away, its human rights body says…

May 8, 2026

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