HR inSIGHTS
Human Rights News Delivered Weekly.
July 2018
Human Rights News Roundup: Week of July 8-14
by PhilRights Staff Welcome to HR Insights, a weekly roundup of human rights news in the Philippines. This week... Four-year-old hit by stray bullet, becomes another collateral damage of Philippines’ drug war According to a [...]
OPINION: Understanding Duterte’s Popularity
by Napat Rungsrithananon The Philippines’ ongoing campaign against illegal drugs is a bloody crusade which Duterte enjoys touting proudly. The policy is based off of his very own violent strategy employed back when he was the [...]
STATEMENT AGAINST ARBITRARY ARREST OF MINORS UNDER “OPLAN TAMBAY”
We, the organisations named below, make this statement to express our serious alarm about the widespread arbitrary arrests of children taking place throughout the Philippines under the ‘Oplan Tambay’ project of the Philippine government. We [...]
Human Rights News Roundup: Week of June 24-30
by PhilRights Staff Welcome to HR Insights, a weekly roundup of human rights news in the Philippines. This week... HRW calls on PNP to stop ‘Oplan Tambay’ campaign Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Philippine [...]
June 2018
Call for Applications: PANTAO Human Rights Journalism Fellowship
PhilRights believes in the power of storytelling as an instrument for positive change. At a time when civic spaces are at risk and the journalism establishment faces mounting state and industry pressures, the public is [...]
4 Misconceptions about Drug Use, Clarified
by PhilRights Staff As we mark June 26 as the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, it is important to address the misconceptions that much of the public holds about illegal drugs [...]