Philippines human rights

The country's LGBTQ+ community has mobilized to oppose the Duterte administration's authoritarian turn.

The court's officials can expect little cooperation from the Duterte administration.

The Diplomat spoke with experts, victims, documenters, and communities affected by one of the most polarizing governments in Philippine history.

The incident is the latest in a long list of alleged human rights abuses that have attended one of the world’s strictest coronavirus lockdowns.

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.

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

Investigate PH was created in response to a U.N. decision not to launch an independent international probe into Philippines human rights abuses.

Allowing military and police forces to enter University of the Philippines campuses could put students and activists at risk and endanger academic freedom.

But many obstacles lie in the way of international accountability for President Duterte's bloody "war on drugs."

A new slate of arrests follows weeks of baseless accusations by the Duterte administration that political opponents are associated with terrorist groups.

Local officials have driven the Philippine president’s deadly drug war by ramping up anti-drug operations in exchange for political support.