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Phillipines

November 25, 2019

Philippines Vice President 'never given a chance' to stop drug killings

A long-standing critic of the 'war on drugs', Vice President Robredo has been fired rom her post as co-chair of the government's anti-drugs committee after demanding an end to the government's policy of widespread killings.
May 25, 2018

Fillipinos still displaced after Marawi conflict

Seven months after the city of Marawi was declared ‘militant free’, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos remain displaced
December 10, 2017

Human rights investigation into corporate responsibility for climate change

The world’s first ever national inquiry into the responsibility of the fossil fuel industry for the human rights impacts resulting from climate change is reaching an important milestone in the Philippines.
November 12, 2017

Trump 'must challenge Duterte's horrifying human rights abuses'

Amnesty is calling on President Trump to condemn President Duterte’s murderous ‘war on drugs’, and push him to investigate the unlawful killing of thousands of people around the country.
October 22, 2017

Companies summoned to Phillipines investigation into climate change

Major companies including Shell and BP have been called to an investigation into corporate responsibility for climate-related human rights abuses in the Phillipines.
September 13, 2017

Phillipines war on drugs 'targets children'

The apparent extrajudicial executions by Philippine police of two children over a three-day period underscores the need for a United Nations inquiry into President Rodrigo Duterte’s abusive “war on drugs,” Human Rights Watch says.
August 20, 2017

President Duterte threatens Phillipine human rights activists

President Duterte has instructed the police to shoot human rights activists who 'obstruct justice' in his violent 'war on drugs'.
June 8, 2017

Phillipines: Muslim and Christian leaders unite against terrorists

Fears are growing for the safety of hostages in the city of Marawi