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May 6, 2020 News Release

Philippines: Put Network Back on Air

Duterte Should Rescind ABS-CBN Shutdown; Congress Should Renew License

Employees light candles outside the headquarters of broadcast network ABS-CBN corp. on May 5, 2020, after the network was ordered to halt operations after its congressional franchise expired, in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines.

April 28, 2020 News Release

Philippines: Prison Deaths Unreported Amid Pandemic

Reduce Prisoner Populations to Address Severe Health Concerns

Inmates sitting in an overcrowded jail in Manila, Philippines, February 2019.

April 28, 2020 Dispatches

Australia Should Prioritize Rights as Asia Battles Covid-19

Persistently Press Abusive Leaders to End Violations

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen gestures during a speech on the current state of a new virus from China in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020.

April 22, 2020 Dispatches

Philippine Activists Charged with Sedition, ‘Fake News’

Government Misusing Covid-19 Law Against its Critics

Edgar Labella, Mayor of Cebu City, Philippines, June 2019.

April 8, 2020 Dispatches

Philippines Uses Humiliation as COVID Curfew Punishment

LGBT People Ordered to Dance and Kiss on Video

Screenshots of videos showing humiliation of LGBT people amid coronavirus curfew in Pandacaqui, Pampanga province, Philippines, April 5, 2020.

April 6, 2020 News Release

Philippines: Reduce Crowded Jails to Stop COVID-19

Release Low-Level Offenders; Prioritize Older and Ill Prisoners

Inmates in the North Cotabato District Jail in Kidapawan City, Philippines, January 2017. (c) 2017 AP Photo

April 6, 2020 Dispatches

Philippine Authorities Go After Media, Online Critics

Misuse of COVID-19 Law as Dozens Face Probes, Backlash

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a late night live broadcast in Malacanang, Manila, Philippines, April 3, 2020.

April 3, 2020 Dispatches

Philippine Children Face Abuse for Violating COVID-19 Curfew

Young People Locked in Dog Cages, Coffins, Stripped Naked

A screenshot of an officer with five youths locked inside a dog cage after breaking curfew in Laguna province, the Philippines on March 20, 2020. © 2020 Facebook

March 26, 2020 News Release

Philippines: Curfew Violators Abused

COVID-19 Response Should Respect Detainee Rights

February 19, 2020 News Release

Philippines: Free Senator; End Attacks on Rights Defenders

Duterte Critic Leila de Lima Held 3 Years on Fabricated Charges

Jailed Senator Leila de Lima votes during the midterm elections in Paranaque, Philippines, May 13, 2019.

February 10, 2020 News Release

Philippines: Duterte Seeks to Shut Network

Case Against ABS-CBN Attacks Media Freedom

Journalists and supporters, wearing black, display their messages during a protest against the recent Securities and Exchange Commission's revocation of the registration of Rappler, an online news outfit, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, northeast of Manila, Philip

January 22, 2020 Dispatches

US Revokes Visa of Philippines ‘Drug War’ Police Chief

Ronald Dela Rosa Led Forces that Killed Numerous Drug Suspects

PNP Director-General Ronald Dela Rosa speaks at a Senate hearing investigating drug-related killings in metro Manila, Philippines on August 22, 2016.

January 14, 2020 News Release

Philippines: No Letup in ‘Drug War’ Killings

Upsurge in Attacks on Activists, Environmentalists

Veiled protesters, mostly relatives of victims of alleged extra-judicial killings, display placards during a protest outside the Philippine military and police camps

December 19, 2019 Dispatches

Masterminds Guilty in Philippines Massacre

But Many Acquitted, Remain at Large for 2009 Maguindanao Killings

Andal Ampatuan Jr., left, a former town mayor who oversaw and led the Maguindanao Massacre, waits with co-accused at a court inside a prison facility at Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig city, Metro Manila, Philippines

December 18, 2019 News Release

Philippines: 80 Massacre Suspects Remain At Large

Manila Court to Issue Verdicts in 2009 Maguindanao Killings

People commemorate the 10th anniversary of the gruesome Ampatuan Massacre in Manila, Philippines on November 23, 2019.

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