“Marie dedicated her life in advancing and defending people’s rights – and in the face of a massive human rights crisis in the Philippines as well as the threat of a Marcos restoration and Duterte extension, we turn towards Marie’s life and legacy as a courageous human rights defender as our guiding light in the continuing struggle against tyranny and fascism.”
“Before I visited the Philippines in February 2007, I was warned that she was a trouble-maker,” admitted a United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, “and that I should not trust any information that she provided to me.”
NUPL The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) and human rights advocate Karapatan mourn the passing last April 24 of Amaryllis “Marie” Hilao Enriquez, a known human rights defender. In a social media post, NUPL President Edre U. Olalia said that “to say that Marie Enriquez is an icon of th