TikTok is failing to address serious risks of harm to young users’ mental and physical health almost 18 months after Amnesty International highlighted these risks in a groundbreaking report. Ahead of the 2025 Mental Health Awareness Week, Amnesty International asked TikTok what changes the company had implemented since then. TikTok’s response listed familiar ‘well-being’ measures,…
Israel must immediately end its devastating siege on the occupied Gaza Strip which constitutes a genocidal act, a blatant form of unlawful collective punishment, and the war crime of using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare, said Amnesty International, marking two months since Israel reimposed a ban on the entry of aid and…
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT 2024-2025 OVERVIEW The last fabricated charge against human rights defender Leila de Lima was dismissed. Concern grew as more activists were forcibly disappeared. The practice of “red-tagging” human rights defenders, including young activists, persisted, and the government continued to use counterterrorism measures against humanitarian workers. Killings in the context of the “war…
Press Release *Names changed to protect identity Amnesty International’s first ever youth-led report reveals that online harassment by the Philippine authorities, including the practice of “red-tagging” or labelling individuals as communists, creates a climate of fear that is deterring young human rights defenders from engaging in activism and expressing themselves freely. In the report, “Left…
This report is the result of the collective work of young Filipino human rights defenders. In 2024, Amnesty International launched RightUp, its first child and youth-led research project, to center youth expertise otherwise sidelined by conventional hierarchies in human rights work and research. Piloted in the Philippines, nine Filipino young human rights defenders (YHRDs) investigated…
On 6 February 2025, United States President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order authorizing sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan. This Executive Order is intended to stop the ICC from undertaking its independent mandate. It also poses a significant threat to the ICC and its staff. UN experts strongly condemned the move,…
Media Quote Responding to former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s scheduled first appearance at the International Criminal Court, Amnesty International’s Southeast Asia Researcher Rachel Chhoa-Howard said: “Rodrigo Duterte’s appearance at the International Criminal Court is a sight families of the thousands of victims of the ‘war on drugs’ in the Philippines feared they would never see.…
Media Quote Responding to news that former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested by Philippine authorities on the basis of an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against him for the crime against humanity of murder in relation to killings in the “war on drugs”, Agnes Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty…
Amnesty International is deeply concerned about the increasing misuse of counter-terrorism laws by the Philippine government to crack down on development, humanitarian and human rights organizations. The administration of President Bongbong Marcos Jr must put an end to the targeting of these organizations with problematic laws such as the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 and the…
Media Quote Responding to news about the arrest and detention of Lejun Dela Cruz, Magsasaka political nominee and activist , Jepie Papa, Amnesty International Philippines Acting Director said: “Accounts surrounding the arrest of Lejun dela Cruz raise serious concerns about the Philippine National Police’s enforcement of the law and possible abuse of police powers. According…