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December 11, 2019 Commentary

Building Momentum to Hold Companies to Account

December 4, 2019 Dispatches

Duterte Threatens to Shut Down TV Network

Closing ABS-CBN Would Degrade Philippines Press 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

November 22, 2019 Dispatches

No Justice a Decade After Philippines Massacre

Duterte Administration Embraces Lawless Political Culture

Philippine journalists light candles for those killed in the 2009 massacre of 58 people in Maguindanao province in southern Philippines, November 23, 2015, Manila, Philippines.

November 12, 2019 Dispatches

Philippine Vice President Could Score a ‘Drug War’ Win

Duterte Appoints Critic Leni Robredo to Co-Chair Anti-Drug Body

Philippine Vice President Maria Leonor "Leni" Robredo, center, poses with supporters at Manila's Rizal Park, December 30, 2018 in Manila, Philippines.

September 30, 2019 Dispatches

Filming the Philippines’ ‘War on Drugs’

International Criminal Court Requests Footage of Rights Abuses

July 30, 2019 Dispatches

Killings Escalate in Central Philippines

Government, Rebel Forces in Negros Should End Unlawful Attacks

Supporters shout slogans as they hold paper crosses bearing names of killed people from Negros Oriental province during a rally in metropolitan Manila, Philippines on Monday, April 8, 2019.

July 30, 2019 Commentary

UN Action on Philippines a Glimpse of Hope and Justice

Iceland’s Leadership a Model for Others

Families of victims of the "war on drugs" in the Philippines remove portraits of their slain relatives after the UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution to investigate the killings.

July 25, 2019 News Release

Philippines: Reject Sweeping ‘Fake News’ Bill

Proposed Law Would Excessively Restrict Online Freedom of Speech

Senate president Vicente Sotto III talks to the media in this May 2018 photo. Sotto, a staunch supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte, filed the bill against "false news" on July 1, 2019.

July 23, 2019 News Release

Philippines: Drop Sedition Cases Against Duterte Critics

Complaint Filed Against Vice President, 35 Others, Intended to Harass, Intimidate

Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, second left, escorts Vice President Leni Robredo, right, who visited him at the Philippine Senate Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018 in suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines.

July 11, 2019 News Release

Philippines: UN Takes Critical Step Toward Accountability

Human Rights Council Adopts Resolution to Probe ‘Drug War’ Killings

July 8, 2019 Dispatches

Bloody Sunday in the Philippines

3 Daylight Killings Highlight Rampant Impunity

Activists hold a candle light vigil for victims of the extra judicial killings in the drug war of the government in front of a church in Manila on September 16, 2016

July 6, 2019 Commentary

Philippines’ Disinformation Campaign in Geneva

Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN high commissioner for human rights, speaks at the 36th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, September 11, 2017.

July 3, 2019 Statement

Philippines: UN Rights Council Can No Longer Stay Silent on the Killing of Thousands

Item 4 General Debate

July 1, 2019 Dispatches

Three-Year-Old Girl Latest Philippines ‘Drug War’ Victim

UN Human Rights Council Should Adopt Resolution to Stop Carnage

Protesters display placards and shout slogans during a rally outside the Philippine National Police headquarters to protest the killing by police of Kian Loyd Delos Santos, a 17-year-old grade 11 student

June 27, 2019 News Release

Philippines: ‘Drug War’ Devastates Children’s Lives

Kids Suffer in President Duterte’s Brutal Campaign

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