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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Published January 27, 2021, 5:42 PM
The Social Welfare Employees Association of the Philippines (SWEAP-National) has decided to withdraw its affiliation with the Confederation for Unity, Recognition, and Advancement of Government Employees (Courage) over issues concerning the latter’s collection of fees from members, the activities being engaged, and the services given to affiliate members.
(MANILA BULLETIN)
The SWEAP-National Council bared its decision to end its almost 21 years of affiliation with Courage in a three-page resolution.
“The affiliation of SWEAP with Courage had been put into question in recent years, particularly the fees being collected and its utilization, the activities being engaged, and the services being provided to affiliate members,” it said. “These issues led to the clamor among the members of the association, including the members of the National Council, to discuss and evaluate the affiliation.”