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MANILA, Philippines — Before the controversial antiterror law takes effect on January 15, Human Rights Watch (HRW) is urging the Philippine government to stop the harmful practice of red-tagging leftist activists and critics. In their 2024 World Report,…
MANILA, Philippines—A plan to arm civilians against crime would be ”a recipe for another human rights disaster” under Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday (July 1). The New York City-based human rights advocacy…
MANILA, Philippines — Human rights advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on the Philippine government to free the “lumad” (Indigenous Peoples) students and teachers, who were arrested after an alleged “rescue operation” by the…
MANILA, Philippines — The murder of a mother and her son by a law enforcer proves that “many members” of the country’s police force are “simply out of control,” an official of the Human Rights Watch (HRW)…
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday met with US officials for a discussion of possible collaboration in the Philippine campaign against illegal drugs. In a statement issued by her office after the meeting,…
INTERNATIONAL rights watchdog Human Rights Watch took President Rodrigo Duterte to task for his latest off-color joke telling returning overseas Filipino workers to use birth control pills and not condoms as contraceptives because condoms “aren’t pleasurable.” In…
An official of an international human rights group lamented that the “war on drugs” led by President Rodrigo Duterte has further exacerbated the already packed and deteriorating jails in the country. In a statement, Human Rights Watch…
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