While the government accompanied United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Irene Khan in her engagements during her stay in the Philippines, she was given the freedom to meet personalities outside the government. UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan (Photo courtesy of Presidential Task Force on Media...
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...
​A visiting United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur has been inspired by former senator Leila de Lima's courage to defend human rights. Irene Khan, UN rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, shared about her meeting with De Lima, who had been jailed for around six years due to drug...
Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin will meet United Nations Special Rapporteur Irene Khan, who is visiting the country until Feb. 2. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin (file) According to the Presidential Taskforce on Media Security, Bersamin and Khan will meet at the Malacañan Palace on...
CEBU CITY – The United Nations’ Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Opinion and Expression arrived in Cebu on Monday, January 29, and had a dialog with some members of the media here. IRENE Khan (fourth from right), United Nations’ Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Opinion and Expression, poses...
United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Irene Khan lamented the plight of two jailed human rights defenders in Tacloban City after visiting them. UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan during her visit to Tacloban City Jail (Photo from Khan's X post) As UN’s special rapporteur on freedom of...
A United Nations (UN) special rapporteur had a "very positive impression" of the vibrancy of the Philippine media as she visited Manila to check on the country's state of rights to freedom of opinion and expression, a Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) official said Thursday, Jan. 25. Irene...
The Philippines is "fully prepared" to welcome United Nations Special Rapporteur (UNSR) Irene Khan for her 10-day visit in the country. (From Irene Khan X account) Undersecretary Paul Gutierrez, executive director of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS), said they are fully...
United Nations Special Rapporteur (UNSR) Irene Khan's 10-day visit to the Philippines will focus on learning about the Marcos administration's efforts in upholding freedom of opinion and expression, and is not connected to the International Criminal Court (ICC) drug war investigation, a Palace...
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression Irene Khan will meet with House Speaker Martin Romualdez, Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla, and former senator Leila de Lima, according to Presidential Task...
Kalinga Party-list Rep. Irene Saulog has seemingly responded to viral calls for government to provide Filipinos with another round of "ayuda" or cash aid. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Saulog filed in the ongoing 19th Congress House Bill (HB) No.2022, or the proposed Act providing cash aid to all...
Kalinga Party-list Representative Irene Gay F. Saulog (Photo taken from the House of the Representatives website) Irene Gay F. Saulog will continue the advocacies of the Kalinga Partylist as its representative in the 19th Congress, after she had served in the 18th Congress as assistant minority...
