Lorna Regina "Loren" Bautista Legarda is a Filipino politician, environmentalist, cultural worker, and former journalist who is currently serving as the representative of Antique and as a House Deputy Speaker. She previously served as a senator twice: from 1998 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2019. She is notable for being the only female to top two senatorial elections: 1998 and 2007. She also unsuccessfully ran for vice president twice: In 2004 as the running mate of Fernando Poe Jr., and again in 2010 as the running mate of Manny Villar.
Miriam Defensor Santiago was a Filipina academic, lawyer, judge, author, and stateswoman, who served in all three branches of the Philippine government: judicial, executive, and legislative. Defensor Santiago was named one of The 100 Most Powerful Women in the World in 1997 by The Australian. She was known for being a long-serving Senator of the Republic of the Philippines, an elected as judge of the International Criminal Court, and the sole woman recipient of the Philippines' highest national recognition, the Quezon Service Cross.
Vicente "Tito" Castelo Sotto III is a Filipino politician and the incumbent Senate President of the Philippines. Following the 2016 elections, he is currently serving his fourth term in the Senate, having served two consecutive terms from 1992 to 2004; he was re-elected to the Senate in 2010. Prior to serving in the Senate, Sotto had served as the Vice Mayor of Quezon City from 1988 to 1992.
Extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances in the Philippines are illegal executions – unlawful or felonious killings – and forced disappearances in the Philippines. These are forms of extrajudicial punishment, and include extrajudicial executions, summary executions, arbitrary arrest and detentions, and failed prosecutions due to political activities of leading political, trade union members, dissident and/or social figures, left-wing political parties, non-governmental organizations, political journalists, outspoken clergy, anti-mining activists, agricultural reform activists, members of organizations that are allied or legal fronts of the communist movement like "Bayan group" or suspected supporters of the NPA and its political wing, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
An extrajudicial killing is the killing of a person by governmental authorities or individuals without the sanction of any judicial proceeding or legal process. Extrajudicial killings often target leading political, trade union, dissident, religious, and social figures.
Ana Theresia"Risa"Navarro Hontiveros-Baraquel is a Filipino politician, community leader and journalist who was the representative of Akbayan in the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2004 to 2010. She currently serves as a Senator of the Philippines after a victory in the 2016 elections, placing ninth, overall. She previously made senatorial bids in 2010 and 2013 before finally succeeding in 2016.
Amnesty International is a non-governmental organization with its headquarters in the United Kingdom focused on human rights. The organization says it has more than eight million members and supporters around the world.
Leila Norma Eulalia Josefa Magistrado de Lima is a Filipino lawyer, human rights activist, politician, and law professor currently serving as a Senator of the Philippines since 2016. She was appointed by president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as Chairperson of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights in May 2008 and she served in the commission until June 30, 2010, when she was appointed by President Benigno S. Aquino III as the Philippines' Secretary of Justice.
Neri Javier Colmenares is a human rights lawyer and activist. He was an associate of the Asian Law Centre at Melbourne Law School when he was completing his Ph.D. in law on "The Writ of Amparo and the International Criminal Court." He also lectured at the University of Melbourne on International Human Rights Law and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
Jose Manuel "Chel" Icasiano Diokno, J.D. is a Filipino lawyer, educator, and advocate. He serves as chairman of the Free Legal Assistance Group and the founding dean of the De La Salle University College of Law. He had served as special counsel of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.
Maria Leonor "Leni" Gerona Robredo is a Filipina lawyer and social activist who is the 14th and incumbent Vice President of the Philippines. Running under the Liberal Party, Robredo won the vice-presidential contest in the May 9, 2016 election as confirmed and proclaimed by the official Congressional count of May 25–27, with 14,418,817 votes, narrowly defeating Senator Bongbong Marcos by 263,473 votes. A report released by the Presidential Electoral Tribunal further widened her lead to 278,566 over Senator Marcos. She is the second woman to serve as Vice President after Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and the first Vice President from Bicol.
Agnès Callamard is a French Human Rights expert and the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council. She is also the Director of Columbia University's Global Freedom of Expression project.
The Philippine Drug War refers to the drug policy of the Philippine government under President Rodrigo Duterte, who assumed office on June 30, 2016. According to former Philippine National Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa, the policy is aimed at "the neutralization of illegal drug personalities nationwide". Duterte has urged members of the public to kill criminals and drug addicts.
Amnesty International India is a country unit of the Amnesty International network, and is part of a global movement promoting and defending human rights and dignity.
On April 27, 2017 a scandal arose when a team from the Commission of Human Rights (CHR) raided the Manila Police District (MPD) station 1 in Tondo, Manila, Philippines and discovered that about 12 men and women were being detained inside a cell hidden behind a bookshelf. It was reported that these prisoners inside the said cell were being held by the police allegedly to be released only upon payment of ransom.
The protests against Rodrigo Duterte, the 16th President of the Philippines, began on November 18, 2016, following the burial of late president and dictator Ferdinand Marcos, whom Duterte supported. These series of protests are mostly conducted by left-wing groups and other opponent figures mainly due to ongoing war on drugs, declaration of martial law in Mindanao and employment issues such as contractual term being applied by the company and the inflation due to Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act. Other causes such as the government's response to the COVID-19 in the country, the passage of Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 and the shutting down and the subsequent denial of franchise for ABS-CBN by the House of Representatives.
The following is a timeline of protests against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his policies.
The propaganda tactic of "red-tagging" in the Philippines has often been directed towards individuals and organizations critical of the Philippine government, who are labeled "communist" or "terrorist" regardless of their actual beliefs or affiliations.
The Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, officially designated as Republic Act No. 11479, is a Philippine law whose intent is to prevent, prohibit, and penalize terrorism in the Philippines. The law was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on July 3, 2020 and effectively replaced the Human Security Act of 2007 on July 18, 2020.
