News from Rights Report Philippines
Dear Rights Report Philippines subscribers,
We are excited to let you know that Rights Report Philippines is on track to build its online presence and has started to produce stories and posts on the human rights situation in the Philippines. Although the content is still limited, we will publish more soon. And we are confident that we will soon ramp up our operations.
Some quick updates:
We have made a public call inviting journalists to contribute stories to Rights Report Philippines, and we have received quite a few queries and expressions of interest. We should see new content in the coming days from these committed journalists.
Our advisory board, made up of respected journalists and defenders in the Philippines, maintains constant communication with us. We shall disclose their identities in due time, perhaps when we hold our official launch. Their insight into the mission of Rights Report Philippines has been invaluable.
Speaking of mission, we have published on the site our manifesto on why we’re doing human rights journalism. You can read it here; please let us know what you think!
Our website, www.rightsreport.org, is finally online. This is going to be the main platform for Rights Report Philippines content. We will, of course, continue disseminating our stories and materials using our growing social media accounts, all of which use the handle @rightsreportph.
Mainstream publications have started to reprint a few of our stories. You can find them here and here (Inquirer), here (BusinessMirror), and here (photo in Khaleej Times). We expect more reprints or reposts of our materials in the coming weeks. We are allowing republication of our materials as part of our advocacy.
Over the weekend, we published these stories on our new website. (Note that we will only post on Substack once a day a list of the materials we posted that day. You will no longer receive a notification of each story posted, although we will also post each story as it arrives through Substack’s Notes section.)
Why Human Rights Journalism? (A Manifesto)
Laughing Emojis Directed at Children Killed in ‘Drug War’: The Babaylan as Antidote
ICC Keeps Duterte Behind Bars, Rejects Health Argument
Grab Giveth and Grab Taketh Back—with Astronomical Interest.
Lawyers’ Group Seeks Supreme Court Protection for Negros Attorney, Development Workers
Let us know what you think of these stories. And we hope you have a wonderful week ahead!
All the best,
Caloy / Carlos