🇫🇷 🇩🇪 urge Marcos: End killings; Why would Duterte want 300+ gun permits?; Immigration blocks 🇵🇭-🇨🇭 activist; COP28: PH groups demand action; 1 of 3 students bullied; PH-China tension rises
December 11, 2023: Philippines human rights news
KILLINGS
President Marcos urged to stop killings of activists, drug suspects | Philstar.com
Germany, France ask Philippines to fight EJKs | Philstar.com
Another farmer killed in Negros Occidental clash
Father, son killed in General Santos City ambush | Philstar.com
NGCP engineer killed in South Cotabato ambush | Philstar.com
Kapitan ng barangay sa Mangaldan, Pangasinan, patay sa ambush | Balitambayan
Armed men kill brgy tanod in Calatrava
Chairwoman ng isang barangay sa Ilocos Norte, itinumba | Balitambayan
“DRUG WAR”
Kin of drug war victims being pressured to sign ‘waivers’ | Inquirer News
Drug war widow fears being used as a weapon in Marcos-Duterte rift
Rights group: Duterte's legacy of violence still present under Marcos
Karapatan: Current war on drugs is bloody like previous admin
DOJ eyes drug summit, review of drug law next year | GMA News Online
US to support Manila’s efforts vs drug abuse - BusinessWorld Online
RIGHTS DEFENDERS / UDHR
Groups denounce continued attacks vs activists, 'drug war' killings under Marcos | Philstar.com
PH groups mark International Human Rights Day | ABS-CBN News
PH gov't failed to comply with 75-year-old Universal Declaration of Human Rights - groups - Bulatlat
CHR: Human rights in PH a 'work in progress'
Germany, France ask Philippines to fight EJKs | Philstar.com
Lapid bill bats for CHR's full fiscal autonomy | Inquirer News
LOOK: Groups stage protests on 75th Int’l Human Rights Day
Church People lead prayer rally for human rights in Bacolod - Daily Guardian
Baguio officially declared an ‘inclusive human rights city’
COMMUNIST INSURGENCY
Ka Eric fights back, cries 'illegal detention,' says 'plot' on with Communists versus Dutertes
Human rights violations in Western Visayas down – CHR
Alleged rebel killed in series of clashes between Army troops, NPA rebels - Daily Guardian
Army general tells soldiers: Defeat remaining NPA units or forget Xmas break
2 more NPA guerilla fronts declared dismantled
KMP says Sara attempting to sabotage peace talks | Philstar.com
ATTACKS AGAINST ACTIVISTS / LABOR
PH labor movement receives human rights award for 'dedication' amid danger
Right groups condemn deportation, blacklisting of Filipino-Swiss youth leader - Bulatlat
BI deports Fil-Swiss activist based on undisclosed intel report | Philstar.com
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES / INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Indigenous land conflict increased by 70,300 hectares in 2023 — report | Philstar.com
IPs oppose proposed mineral reservation in Maguindanao del Sur
Bringing Macli-ing Dulag back to the Cordillera
'We shall overcome' | Searching for Bazoo and Dexter with a firmer resolve - Bulatlat
Bai Bibiyaon Ligkayan Bigkay, warrior, chieftain, defender of Talaingod, dies
TORTURE
Philippines Torture Cases: UN SPT Visit & Call for Investigation
Senate panel to craft National Preventive Mechanism vs. torture | Philippine News Agency
UN torture prevention experts in PH to assess prisons, hospitals | Global News
MEDIA / PRESS FREEDOM / DISINFORMATION
Disinformation in 2023: Growing AI reliance, X's reckoning, tech guardrails still absent
House is open to decriminalizing libel. Here's why.
FAST FACTS: Media Serbisyo, Martin Romualdez's joint venture with ABS-CBN
Going after SMNI | Inquirer Opinion
NUJP chair: Sotto Law is not excuse to spew baseless accusations
SMNI lawyer asks for 'due process' if any franchise violation was made | Inquirer News
Army of vloggers, influencers eyed as CBCP plans 'digital missionaries' | Inquirer News
TERRORISM
Catholic leaders vow to keep peace efforts in Mindanao | Inquirer News
Military strikes back, kills 9 Dawlah Islamiyah members days after Marawi bombing
Grenade blast kills 1, hurts 5 in Maguindanao del Sur | Inquirer News
CLIMATE / ENVIRONMENT / MINING
Groups demand decisive climate action as COP28 nears end | Philstar.com
Martin Romualdez and his mining interests
PH bats for loss-damage fund hosting, cites plans vs. climate change | Philippine News Agency
Philippines qualified to host climate disaster fund board, DENR's Loyzaga says | GMA News Online
Didipio Mine pours P39M for village projects | The Manila Times
Rappler Talk: Why should the youth care about COP28?
DETENTION
BuCor cites ‘big improvements’ to keep ISO certification | Philippine News Agency
BuCor: 300 Bilibid inmates transferred to Palawan prison | Philstar.com
Sara urges PDLs to enroll in alternative learning system | GMA News Online
Over 100 PDLs in Manila City Jail to be released Dec. 8 | GMA News Online
HEALTH
Cordillera adds treatment capacity with two new HIV centers | Philstar.com
CHILDREN / EDUCATION
PISA result indicates PH education system is 5 to 6 years behind – DepEd
Over 600 MSU students fled Marawi since Sunday’s bomb attack
1 in 3 Filipino students bullied in school – Pisa study | Inquirer News
Tacloban health officials alarmed as city sees 48 new HIV/AIDs cases as of Q3 2023
Info enter opens in Catbalogan, Samar to solve teen pregnancy | Inquirer News
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Bar passer from Sarangani lacks eyesight but has clear vision
POLITICS / POLITICAL VIOLENCE
Duterte got licenses for over 300 guns 2 weeks before his term ended
Mapping the businesses of Speaker Martin Romualdez
INTERNATIONAL
Philippines says China rammed, water cannoned resupply vessels
Marcos says Philippines undeterred in latest 'aggression and provocations' by China
Civilian mission to West PH Sea turns back after China's ‘constant shadowing’
US, EU condemn China's recent intimidation vs Filipino ships
S. Korea to ratify free trade pact with PH soon: envoy | Philippine News Agency