Terrorism financing drive's damage; Everyday impunity in PH; Older Filipinos suffer; Press freedom law turns against journalists; Gen Z support for ICC probe is down; End to workplace abuse, violence?
03/24/2026: The latest from Rights Report Philippines
CIVIC SPACE / ATTACKS AGAINST ACTIVISTS / PRESS FREEDOM
Philippines’ Terrorism-Financing Machine Is Breaking Down in Court. But the Damage Keeps Spreading.
NEWS ANALYSIS: A critical ruling due on Monday, March 23, could test whether Philippine courts will keep sustaining charges that have already been thrown out in case after case — and force a reckoning with a national security apparatus that has treated due process as an obstacle rather than a right.
EXTRAJUDICIAL AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS / IMPUNITY
The Nameless Corpses of Sirang Lupa
ESSAY: Dead bodies, damaged lands, and the cost of getting used to everyday impunity
RIGHTS OF OLDER PEOPLE
Aging Fast, Preparing Slow: The Philippines Is Failing Its Elderly
A landmark study exposes what many Filipinos already know: growing old here means depending on family, making do with little, and hoping the system catches you before it’s too late. And no, a free birthday cake or a movie pass won’t fix the problem.
PRESS FREEDOM / CHILDREN
The Shield That Became a Weapon: Press Freedom Law Is Being Used to Suppress Campus Journalists
IN CONTEXT: The Campus Journalism Act of 1991 was meant to uphold freedom of the press and to protect student journalists. Three decades later, it keeps getting used against them. And a bill seeking to replace it is languishing in Congress.
INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE / DISINFORMATION
‘Tiktok Did It!’: The Lazy Explanation for Why Filipino Gen Z Is Losing Faith in the ICC
OPINION: Blaming social media for the drop in support for the ICC prosecution of former president Rodrigo Duterte is a convenient story. It’s also a little embarrassing
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INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Philippine Media Blows Chance to Contextualize, Deepen Aeta Graduate’s Story
Rolan Popatco Jr., the first Aeta to become a medical technologist, deserves every word of praise he gets. The Philippine press deserves a kick in the shin for ignoring the larger significance of his story
LABOR
Work Without Fear: Proposed Law Seeks to End Workplace Violence, Abuse
Two out of 10 workers in the Philippines experience violence and harassment in the workplace. Makabayan bloc’s bill aims to provide protection, which extends to workers in the informal sector.
