Carlos H. Conde
Carlos H. Conde is a senior researcher at the Asia division of Human Rights Watch covering the Philippines. His current research focuses on the ongoing “war on drugs” in the Philippines where thousands have died. He has done research on extrajudicial killings of activists, journalists, legal professionals, peasant leaders, environmentalists, and Indigenous peoples. He has also documented allegations of torture, enforced disappearances, and press freedom violations. He has written reports on death squads, the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Philippines, child labor, and the impact of the anti-drug campaign on the children left behind by the victims.
Before joining Human Rights Watch, Conde worked as a journalist for 20 years, mainly as the freelance correspondent in the Philippines for The New York Times. He worked as a stringer, reporter, and editor for various publications in the Philippines and abroad. He served as secretary-general of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines and has been a fellow at the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. As a trustee for the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, he has served numerous times as a member of the panel that chooses the Jaime V. Ongpin awards for journalism, considered the Philippines’ Pulitzer Prize. He was a Jefferson Fellow (2003) at the East-West Center of the University of Hawaii.
Articles Authored
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December 13, 2022
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November 10, 2022
Philippines Swiftly Investigates Journalist’s Killing
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October 5, 2022
Killing of Radio Journalist in Philippines Adds to Grim Toll
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September 19, 2022
UN Rights Office Slams Abuses in Philippines
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September 12, 2022
UN still needs to scrutinize the Philippines
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August 9, 2022
Philippine Activist Arrested for Cyber-libel
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December 10, 2021
Killing of Journalist, Criminal Libel in the Philippines
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October 12, 2021
Philippines Loses Staunch Rights Defender
Reports Authored
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Fueling the Philippines’ HIV Epidemic
Government Barriers to Condom Use by Men Who Have Sex With Men