Amnesty International Philippines - Region 9A

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23/06/2026

Amnesty International Philippines calls on the 20th Congress to reject renewed attempts to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility and instead invest in evidence-based measures that protect children and communities.

The pursuit of justice for the victims of the Tacloban school shooting must never come at the expense of childrenโ€™s rights. In moments of grief and public outrage, the government must resist punitive responses that have repeatedly proven ineffective and instead uphold its mandate to protect every child while ensuring accountability by upholding human rights standards.

READ FULL QUOTE: https://www.amnesty.org.ph/2026/06/lowering-minimum-age-of-criminal-responsibility-not-the-solution-to-end-violence-involving-children/

15/06/2026
28/05/2026

Today, as Amnesty International marks its 65th anniversary, we also celebrate the courage and commitment of individuals and organizations who continue to defend human rights in the Philippines. โœŠ๐Ÿฝ

The for Human Rights was born not only to recognize their bravery, but also as a pushback against the persistent demonization, harassment, and silencing of human rights defenders. At a time when standing for peopleโ€™s rights is often met with attacks and disinformation, Ignite Awards affirms that defending human rights is never a crime, but it is an act of courage, solidarity, and hope.

Congratulations to the winners of the Ignite Awards for Human Rights Season 4:

๐Ÿ† Most Outstanding Human Rights Defender โ€“ Individual
Cong. Sarah Elago

๐Ÿ† Most Outstanding Human Rights Defender โ€“ Organization
Karapatan Alliance Philippines

๐Ÿ† Outstanding Young Human Rights Defender
Kim Falyao

๐ŸŽจ Art That Matters Award for Visual Arts
Brian Barrios

Your work continues to ignite movements, empower communities, and inspire people to stand for dignity, justice, and freedom.

Hereโ€™s to continuing the fight for human rights for all. ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ

Read the full PR: www.amnesty.org.ph/2026/05/amnesty-names-ignite-awards-for-human-rights-season-4-winners/

19/05/2026

Impunity and corruption are not abstract issues. They determine whether families can eat, children can go to school, or communities survive disasters. Corruption is a product of lack of accountability, and so are crimes against humanity. And both are products of the same culture of impunity that perpetuate at the national and local levels. Human rights cannot survive where fear, corruption, and impunity are allowed to flourish. This government must decide now whether it will continue to protect power and privilege or finally uphold the rights of every Filipino.

Read the full PR: www.amnesty.org.ph/2026/05/abandoning-human-rights-in-the-visayas-the-vulnerable-pays-the-price-of-impunity

03/05/2026

A man touches the jacket of journalist Omar Al-Derawi, killed in Israeli strikes in central Gaza on 3 January 2025, alongside other Palestinians.

2025 was the deadliest year on record for journalists worldwide with 129 killed, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists: Israel was responsible for two-thirds of the killings; the Gaza Strip was the deadliest place to report from.

From deadly conflict to media blackouts, when journalists are targeted, access to reliable information becomes another casualty.

Governments wonโ€™t hold themselves to account. People will.

May 3 is World Press Freedom Day.

23/04/2026

For the survivors and victimsโ€™ families who have carried their grief in silence, today affirms that their voices have been heard and their persistence is not in vain. As these proceedings move forward, the international community will bear witness not only to the crimes that Duterte is alleged to have committed, but to the courage of those who never stopped demanding justice.

๐‘๐ž๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‡๐„๐‘๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ: ๐’๐ก๐ž ๐–๐š๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ง ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโ€œ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ, ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ...
15/04/2026

๐‘๐ž๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‡๐„๐‘๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ: ๐’๐ก๐ž ๐–๐š๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ง ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

โ€œ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ,

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.โ€

When a woman begins to understand beyond stereotypes, she reclaims what is truly hers. In ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, the ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก became a defining moment of HER story as students from Western Mindanao State University (WMSU) gathered in a seminar-workshop to share experiences, reflect on feminism, and engage in empowerment through collective learning.

The whole-day program was led by ๐€๐ฆ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ - ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ— (๐€๐ˆ๐๐ก-๐‘๐Ÿ—) entitled โ€œ๐ˆ๐ง๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐Œ๐šโ€™๐š๐ฆ: ๐“๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐  ๐š๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐†๐š๐ง๐๐šโ€, where learning did not only remain theoretical but also extended into application. The morning session focused on the seminar, where two guest speakers from the ๐†๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ (๐†๐‘๐‘๐‚) were invited to talk about feminism. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ. ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐š ๐“. ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐š๐ฅ๐๐ž shared insights under her topic โ€œ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐‘๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌโ€, while ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ. ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‚. ๐”๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐š discussed โ€œ๐…๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉโ€. In the afternoon session, a workshop followed, where ๐‡๐š๐ง๐ง๐š๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ž ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ, a ๐Š๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ, together with her students ๐‡๐š๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐จ and ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ, taught basic and fundamental self-defense techniques.

It was never a dull moment; it became a meaningful experience, because feminism is not just something we learn, it extends beyond discussion, reminding us that women also hold the power to shape the world they exist in.

23/03/2026

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