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FACT’s weaponization of social media to explicitly name organizations and…individuals is a well rehearsed counterinsurgency tactic of the Philippine government.
Overseas Filipino grassroots organizations launched the “Defend Negros” campaign in response to the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) operation in Toboso, Negros Occidental that left 19 people dead on April 19, 2026.
“Marcos Jr. regime has lost a platform for its brazen hypocrisy on the Philippines’ dirt-and-grime human rights record."
“This is a recognition of the continuing need to fight for human rights in this country in the middle of an exacerbating crisis.”
No amount of apology could fix the potential threat to their security following the tagging incident.
This move by the Cateel police could be used as a justification for trumped-up charges.
ICC Trial Chamber III Presiding Judge Joanna Korner said that the trial should be held quickly and efficiently.
“The Truth Commission was created to ensure that the stories of victims, survivors, and families are heard, verified, and preserved."
It is illogical for the accused to evade judgment as they already served half of the minimum penalty.
The roots of armed conflict cannot be resolved through state terror.
"Non-cooperation with the ICC, especially at this point, denies victims and the Filipino people the due process and justice that they have long sought."
For rights defenders, the Cauayan incident cannot be separated from this broader climate of militarization and impunity.
“For the months that they were in Barangay Salamanca, Errol reported that 18-hectares of land being cultivated by 16 peasant worker families, or 32 individuals, should have long been awarded to the farm workers. Based on Errol’s research, the person controlling the land only holds a tax declaration, not title."
A national fact-finding mission organized by human rights groups revealed that the Armed Forces of the Philippines used excessive military force on April 19. Residents also confirmed that at least six of the 19 killed were civilians.
“This appears to be another attempt of the Marcos Jr. regime to hide its war crimes from international eyes.”
The military’s visit in Valix’s home is a blatant form of surveillance and red-tagging.
Hustisya reiterates that Burgos-Villavert earned notoriety as a “search warrant factory” for issuing numerous questionable warrants.
"They are seriously twisting the rules of international humanitarian law by insisting that everyone killed was a legitimate target in a military operation."
What happened in Negros was a microcosm of the ills of a semifeudal, semicolonial society.
“Deacon Aldeem Yañez has served this Church for three decades — in peacebuilding, human rights work, and community ministry in Visayas and Mindanao. He is one of us,” the IFI leaders said in a statement.
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