August 10, 2018
Cebu-based anti-tokhang activist killed
A human rights activist actively campaigning against the President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war against drugs was killed today, August 10, …
Category: News Articles
August 9, 2018
Rights defenders slam deportation threats vs. Aussie prof
An Australian professor remains held at the Philippine airport as of this writing as the Philippine government threatens to have …
August 6, 2018
Leave the Lumad alone, RPRD tells the military
The Ramento Project for Rights Defenders (RPRD) joined a solidarity visit to Lumad indigenous people in Mindanao who were forced …
July 5, 2018
Illegal arrest of church workers, rights defenders hit
A human rights group has decried the illegal arrest of 13 development workers and church workers who were attending a …
June 29, 2018
Another IFI priest gets death threat, named in a military hitlist
Another priest of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente has received death threats and has been reportedly included in the infamous military …
June 24, 2018
IFI priest gets death threat
“IKAW NA ANG SUSUNOD!” (You are next!) “MAMAMATAY KANG KATULAD NG IDOL MO SI ALBERTO RAMENTO!” (You will die and …
June 20, 2018
On the recent DOJ order dismissing deportation order vs. Sr. Pat
Church workers are elated over the recently-issued order of the Department of Justice, dismissing the Bureau of Immigration’s decision to …
June 16, 2018
Church workers saddened over GRP’s postponement of peace talks
The Ramento Project on Rights Defenders is saddened over the recent pronouncement of the Government of the Republic of the …
June 14, 2018
On the recent killing of a Roman Catholic priest
Church workers and human rights defenders are alarmed over the reported killing of a Roman Catholic priest who was shot …
April 23, 2018
US authorities torture Filipino-Moro activist; PH gov’t urged to file diplomatic protest
A Filipino Moro rights advocate was subjected to a 28-hour torture and inhuman treatment by the US Department of Homeland …