Philippines

Activists claim the victims were unarmed political organizers and workers' advocates.

The Philippines government has condemned the military coup, but does not want any similar scrutiny of its own human rights record.

The recent controversy over a dengue vaccine has complicated the Philippines’ COVID-19 vaccination program.

An international investigation of extrajudicial killings in the Philippine drug war remains unlikely, even after a stunning admission by the justice secretary.

The country’s in-demand healthcare workers are outraged at a government proposal to send them to Europe in exchange for doses of vaccine.

China is using a targeted expansion of its pop culture and media in the Philippines to promote pro-China narratives and content.

While Leila de Lima has been acquitted of one charge, two more continue to hang over her.

The Philippine military claims that a breakthrough is around the corner, but a continuation of the conflict is convenient for many.

At the time, the defense of Manila was the single most consequential event of the Pacific War from the point of view of the law of armed conflict.

The question vexed planners at the time, and has been debated extensively in the years since. 

The Battle of Manila was the largest urban contest of the Pacific War.

The government’s mass vaccination start date is in flux, and Filipinos still harbor fears after a 2016 dengue vaccine scandal eroded public confidence in vaccinations.