#DrugWar deaths under Marcos pass 500 mark; ICC probe likely finished: lawyer; Desaparecidos and fake surrenders; PH needs national plan anti-torture; Marcos should go beyond 'toothless' LGBTQ order
January 8, 2024: Philippines human rights news
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES
Play the psy-war game: Young activists try to crack the case of disappearances
The case of Manalo brothers - Bulatlat
Activists picket military camp to search for ‘desaparecidos’ | Inquirer News
COMMUNIST INSURGENCY
CPP sees talks as ‘additional battlefield,’ admits ‘crucial errors’ | Inquirer News
In pattern of 'fake surrenders,' 1 case links abduction to military intel service
Special Report: Revealing the lies behind fake surrenders in Bicol - Bulatlat
CPP slams gov’t security agencies as peace spoilers - BusinessWorld Online
“Ka Eric” was no Ka Eric - VERA Files
TORTURE / DETENTION
Philippines: New maximum-security prisons will violate the… | OMCT
Philippines in dire need of national torture prevention body, say UN experts | OHCHR
Dignifying the human rights of PDLs | Inquirer Opinion
“DRUG WAR” / ICC
Kin of drug war victims being pressured to sign ‘waivers’
Yearender: ICC rejects Philippines appeal to stop drug probe | Philstar.com
Drug war victims’ lawyers agree ICC probe likely finished
CHR hopes to finally be involved in government's drug war probe in 2024
Conversations with Arturo Lascañas Part 2 - VERA Files
Illegal drug haul in 2023 hits P10.4B, says Palace
SolGen: Philippines has no legal duty to help ICC | GMA News Online
EDITORIAL - Rights-based campaign vs drugs | Philstar.com
[Vantage Point] Duterte, ICC, and the rule of law
“Drug war” killings under Marcos surpass 500 mark
https://twitter.com/DahasPH/status/1743094097597108685
ATTACKS AGAINST ACTIVISTS
Rights defenders welcome perjury dismissal - Bulatlat
EXPLAINER: How new Supreme Court rules can remedy abuses of anti-terror law
SC approves procedural rules on anti-terror law | Philstar.com
NUPL says Anti-Terror Act rules set by SC still flawed
Central Visayas activists face frustrated homicide case
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Caught in the crosshairs: the IP’s fight for John Hay
Tumanduk tribe’s right to development ignored in the construction of megadam - Bulatlat
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
Bacolod Diocese loses 2 Church stalwarts during fight against dictatorship
Lapid bill bats for CHR's full fiscal autonomy | Inquirer News
PRESS FREEDOM / MEDIA
Restrictive laws spur self-censorship and euphemisms in journalism | Philstar.com
Journalists still need to hold the line in 2023 and beyond
‘I am on your side,’ UN expert on free expression tells PH journos - Bulatlat
ABS-CBN win in contempt case prompts new standards in free speech
[ANALYSIS] Decriminalizing libel
Columbia-Nikkei journalism scholarship awarded to Katrina Ventura - Nikkei Asia
Philippine Broadcast Regulator Suspends TV Show of Former President Duterte – The Diplomat
LGBT
Marcos signs order creating 'special committee' on LGBTQIA+ | Philstar.com
Marcos urged to go beyond ‘toothless’ EO for LGBT concerns | Philstar.com
WOMEN / CHILDREN
Abusive Marriages in the Philippines: The Fight for Divorce
Fighting for children's rights in PH and beyond
Bill providing free menstrual products for women pushed in Senate | GMA News Online
LABOR
Reaping the benefits of unionism, the Nexperia Philippines workers’ experience - Bulatlat
ENVIRONMENT / CLIMATE
Loss and damage fund should serve the vulnerable communities in the Global South - groups - Bulatlat
Sidelined during #COP28, advocates still push for climate action - Bulatlat
Cagayan de Oro river quarrying bad for whitewater rafting, group warns
Philippine-based NGO readies push for global elimination of lead in paints | Jonathan L. Mayuga
EDUCATION
Why CHED is halting the senior high school program in SUCs, LUCs
‘CHEd created problem, instead of solutions’ | Inquirer News
INTERNATIONAL