Campaign for Human Rights in the Philippines UK

02/07/2026

We strongly condemn the killing of civilians in Mindanao, Philippines by The Philippines army and urge human right advocates to write to the President Marcos to stop the killings of innocent people. https://ichrp.net/afps-88th-ib-kills-indigenous-woman-in-military-operations-in-bukidnon-mindanao/?fbclid=IwZnRzaASzsm1wZG9mA2ZkaWQWUJywWaME4mjnCndkQW47am70n2sD3mV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR4yQ1I9SCLEQZTHroNmUx0NoX1NoUm8Yn-l8CL3_VlrHhpI1CIHo8qTL9khEQ_aem_ynKtC_UzztKaddfSglweaw

AFP’s 88th IB kills indigenous woman in military operations in Bukidnon, Mindanao Urgent AlertJune 28, 2026 The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) strongly condemns the wilful killing of indigenous woman Nenita Buscada in Bukidnon, Mindanao by the hands of the AFP....

05/05/2026

Protest in London against the killing of 19 activists in Negros, Philippines!

27/04/2026

ICHRP Condemns Massacre in Negros, Calls for Independent Investigation

The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines condemns the Toboso Massacre of 19 people on Sunday April 19 on Negros Island.

We express our profound condolences to the families of all those slain and to the whole community of Toboso, where over 650 people had to flee their homes, jobs and lands.

One of those killed was Lyle Prijoles, an ICHRP leader from California, who had decided to integrate with the farmer community to deepen his understanding and demonstrate that these people are not forgotten, to show real solidarity for their campaign for genuine land reform.

Lyle is much respected and loved for his selfless commitment. His life has now been taken by the ruthless Philippine military.

ICHRP never puts its people in harms way, and the communities whom our people visit put safety of everyone as their top priority.

This is why we are so aghast at Lyle's killing and the killing of the other 18 people last Sunday.

Also killed were two students from the University of the Philippines, Maureen Santuyo and Errol Wendel. As well, a local journalist, RJ Ledesma was identified among the dead. Our hearts go out to their families and friends.

This is not what happens in a genuine battlefield encounter. This was a massacre of unarmed civilians by the 79th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army.

ICHRP calls for the immediate withdrawal of this military unit to barracks and a vigorous independent investigation of the massacre.

ICHRP repeats its call to all the foreign governments who supply weapons and training to the Armed Forces of the Philippines to suspend all military aid until the the human rights of the Filipino people are fully respected.

That means the USA, Australia, Canada,South Korea, Japan and Israel.

ICHRP will not be intimidated by this massacre, and it will review all procedures to ensure that its people will not be faced with threats like those at Toboso last Sunday.

ICHRP reaffirms its commitment to uphold the rights of the Toboso community, the landless farmers of Negros, and all the workers, peasants and Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines.

For now, we embrace all Lyle's family and friends in ICHRP-US. We are together in this time of grief and anger.

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26/04/2026

19 Massacred in Toboso, Negros Occidental Philippines

The Armed Forces of the Philippines massacred 19 people in the community of Toboso, Negros Occidental, on 19 April. The AFP says that all the dead were armed rebels of the New Peoples Army (NPA). However, the NPA has said that only three of its members were killed. The other 16 victims include local peasant leaders, a journalist, a student council member from the University of the Philippines, and several visitors who had come to observe community development work in the municipality.

Toboso is one of the most impoverished municipalities in the sugar-producing province of Negros Occidental, where extreme poverty and harsh repression have long been realities of life. The province has seen several previous massacres by the military, which regularly conflates community organisation with the guerilla movement. In recent months, human rights organisations have been raising the alarm over increased military harassment of local development workers and human rights defenders. Human rights organisations believe that the notorious National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) is behind this strategy of harassment, extra-judicial killings, and repression.

The Toboso Massacre is the worst so far under the Marcos Jr. administration. One of the Toboso victims, Lyle Prijoles, was a member of the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines in the United States (ICHRP- US), which, like CHRP-UK, is a member of the global ICHRP human rights network. ICHRP-US, CHRP-UK, and other members of the ICHRP global network, regularly send members to the Philippines to work with communities and NGOs to gain a better understanding of the issues facing ordinary Filipinos in the cities and the countryside. They are civilians not engaged in any armed conflict. We can only express our outrage at these latest killings.

We grieve with the families and friends of all the victims of this massacre and vow to continue our campaigns for social justice and human rights for the Filipino people and to stop state- sponsored killings.

CHRP-UK joins human rights organisations in the Philippines calling for:
A full independent inquiry into the Toboso Massacre
An end to the harassment and red-tagging of development workers and human rights defenders
Respect for International Humanitarian Law
The abolition of the NTF-ELCAC

09/04/2026

CHRP and UK Filipino community organisations are working with the Cebu and Bohol Relief and Rehabilitation Centre to support typhoon victims and communities fighting against displacement.