April 10, 2026: Latest human rights news from Rights Report Philippines
DRUG WAR · EXTRAJUDICIAL AND SUMMARY KILLINGS · HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS · CHILDREN · TORTURE AND DETENTION · ARBITRARY ARREST ·
Hundreds Are Still Being Killed in the Drug War. What’s Stopping the Marcos Government from Doing the Right Thing?
A landmark summit in 2024 asked the government to treat illegal drugs not as a crime problem but as a public health problem. The body count since then suggests it isn’t listening.
Damning CHR Report Exposes Torture, Mistreatment, Neglect of Children in Government Facilities
A report by the Commission on Human Rights accuses the Philippine government of violating laws meant to protect children. It documents a pattern of abuse against children in conflict with the law that begins at arrest, continues inside government facilities such as Bahay Pag-asa, and is sustained by a justice system too broken and too slow to protect them.
Police Nab Thousands in Urban Poor Sweep; Lawyers, Child Rights Groups Call Arrests Illegal, Anti-Poor
Nearly 25,000 people were apprehended in two days. The police say it’s about discipline. Critics say the numbers reveal exactly what’s wrong with the operation.
Remulla’s ‘Safer Cities’ Crackdown: Arrested Children Could End Up in Hell-Holes Like Bahay Pagasa
Building on previous documentation by human rights groups, the Commission on Human Rights issues a report this week that says the facilities waiting for these children are still squalid and abusive.
From ‘Warfare’ to Welfare: Project Aims to Change the Way Filipinos View and Talk About Drug Use
In a first, the Philippines launches community-led harm reduction modules that recognize the human rights of drug users and impart empathy rather than fear.
Remulla’s Curfew Crackdown on Minors Runs Into a Wall of Law
Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla says young people loitering after 10 p.m. will be arrested. Well-meaning, perhaps, but legally infirm. A child caught out past curfew is supposed to be taken home, not taken into custody. The law treats it as a welfare issue, not a criminal one.
