President Marcos has commended the government's uniformed men for sustaining its good performance in addressing criminality in the country at the start of the year, saying they were done without subverting the rule of law. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (KJ Rosales/PPA Pool) Marcos said...
Despite the supposed negative reports reaching international organizations, a Malacañang official said that the Philippine government is open to discussing the country’s human rights situation and that it is credible enough to address violations. Presidential Task Force on Media Security...
There is no room for corruption and abuse of power in the country's police force. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. administers the oath taking of 55 newly promoter star rank officers of the Philippine National Police at the Malacañan Palace on Sept. 27, 2023. (RTVM Screenshot) President...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday expressed regret over mass human rights violations committed in the country's past, including a violent anti-communist purge in the 1960s and the disappearance of student protesters in the late 1990s. More than half a million...
Progressive groups in the country pushed for the prosecution of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for his alleged “crimes against humanity.” Alliance of Filipino women, Gabriela, on Monday, Nov. 14, said attacks carried out against women activists during the Duterte administration...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año denounced on Tuesday, April 19, the United States State Department’s 2021 Country Report on Human Rights Practices claiming the alleged abuses committed by the country’s security forces. He said the report is a mere...
"The reports are nothing but a rehash of old and recycled issues." This was how Malacañang described the US State Department's 2021 Reports on Human Rights Practices in the Philippines, saying the United States should put its embassy officials in Manila to work to verify the information it is...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana challenged the United States government on Good Friday, April 15, to provide the details of the reports of human rights abuses allegedly perpetrated by state security forces in the Philippines. Lt. Gen. Romeo S. Brawner Jr. (right),...
UniTeam Senate bet and House Deputy Speaker Rep. Rodante Marcoleta has issued a challenge to lawmakers of the Makabayan bloc: condemn the actions of rebel groups. UniTeam Senate bet Rep. Rodante Marcoleta “We are talking about the statement of President Rodrigo Duterte about these Makabayan bloc....
CARACAS, Venezuela -- The International Criminal Court has opened an office in Venezuela as part of an investigation into alleged human rights abuses during anti-government protests in 2017, authorities announced on Thursday. The ICC opened a formal investigation into the alleged rights violations...
The Philippines wants no part in a new resolution of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to launch an international investigation into alleged abuses in Ethiopia as this will not help improve the situation. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (File photo/Malacañang) Foreign...
President Duterte is willing to go to jail if found guilty by a local court over alleged rights abuses but doesn't want to be locked up alone. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) In a televised address Wednesday, the President said he intends to bring some "dilawan" or yellow...
