ILOILO CITY — Amnesty International Philippines (AIP) said the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. continues to fall short of international human rights standards, citing the ...

CEBU, Philippines – A report from global rights movement Amnesty International (AI) revealed that state-sponsored online harassment against young rights defenders in the Philippines has greatly ...

The Philippines intensified the use of Facebook to undermine young activists’ rights to free speech and protest, Amnesty International reported on Monday. The report documents a coordinated campaign ...

On 3 October 2013 police in the Philippines accused 32-year-old mother of two, Alfreda Disbarro, of being a drug dealer. She said that once police officers had got her inside their headquarters they ...

Amnesty International Philippines on Tuesday said the human rights situation in the country is “deteriorating,” citing widespread impunity, shrinking civic space, and the persistent red-tagging of ...

MANILA, Philippines — The National Security Council (NSC) slammed Amnesty International (AI) yesterday for its recent report accusing the Marcos administration of stifling dissent and freedom of ...

Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has been turned over to the custody of the International Criminal Court, following his arrest on a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity over ...

Walden Bello is the co-chair of the Bangkok-based research and advocacy institute Focus on the Global South. In 2023, he was named Most Distinguished Human Rights Defender by Amnesty International ...

The report is titled: “Left to their own devices: The chilling effects of online harassment among young human rights defenders in the Philippines.” It surveyed and interviewed 94 respondents ...

MANILA, Philippines — Rights watchdog Amnesty International Philippines has urged the government to set ground rules for social media firms that are being used by some state forces to harass ...

ILOILO CITY — Amnesty International Philippines (AIP) said the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. continues to fall short of international human rights standards, citing the government's ...