Philippines: Deadly crackdown on human rights defenders
09/03/2021
Extrajudicial killing /
March 9, 2021
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in The Philippines. Description of the situation:
The Observatory has been informed by Karapatan Alliance Philippines about the extrajudicial killing of nine human rights defenders and the arbitrary detention of four others in four provinces in Calabarzon region.
On March 7, 2021, the Philippines National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Army (PA) carried out raids into the houses and offices of several human rights defenders in Calabarzon region, southern Philippines as part of a joint operation against alleged members of “communist and terrorist groups”.
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MORNING 9 March 2021
Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
The Human Rights Council this morning heard the presentation of a series of thematic reports by the Secretary-General and High Commissioner for Human Rights, followed by a general debate on its agenda item on the promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development.
Peggy Hicks, Director of the Thematic Engagement, Special Procedures and Right to Development Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, presented nine thematic reports by the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The reports focused on the realization in all countries of economic, social and cultural rights; the relationship