Amnesty International Philippines today sends petitions with 20,000 signatures to the Chinese government, as contribution to the millions of signatures that the Amnesty movement has collected over the year, to call for the Chinese authorities to grasp this unique opportunity to do something to...

Press Statement Torture is abhorrent.  Torture is illegal.  Yet torture is inflicted on men, women and children in the Philippines and well over half the countries around the world.  Despite the universal condemnation of torture, it is still being used openly and secretly using...

(Cagayan De Oro) During the 1990s a series of formal and informal negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front (NDF) led to agreements on the principles and framework for advancing a peace process. In an important step forward in...

(London) Amnesty International today challenged world leaders to apologize for six decades of human rights failure and re-commit themselves to deliver concrete improvements. “The human rights flashpoints in Darfur, Zimbabwe, Gaza, Iraq and Myanmar demand immediate action,” said Irene Khan,...

One hundred days before the opening of the Beijing Olympics in August, Amnesty International (AI) members around the world gathered to remind the Chinese government of the commitment they made during the bidding process for the Olympics that the human rights situation in China would improve....

Press Statement Bago dumating ang Marso 8, Araw ng Kababaihan, nanawagan ang Amnesty International Philippines (AIPh) sa gobyerno ng Pilipinas ng aksyon upang matigil and karahasan sa paaralan lalo na sa mga batang babaeng estudyante. Ito ay upang maseguro ang karapatan sa edukasyon ng bawat tao,...

Letter to the Editor Amnesty International Philippines (AIPh) welcomes the Supreme Court ruling in favor of the right to freedom of opinion and expression enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) through its decision on the airing of “Hello Garci” tapes. This is...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, Amnesty International (AI) raises concern over failure to deliver justice to the victims of extrajudicial killings that reflects reluctance on the part of the government to fulfill its obligation under national and international law to protect the right to life of...

Amnesty International (AI) raised concerns over shortcomings of legislation to prevent arbitrary arrest and unlawful detention, political killings and impunity for human rights violations, unfair trials, and torture and ill-treatment, through a submission to the United Nations for the Universal...

Letter to the Editor Amnesty International (AI) raised concerns over shortcomings of legislation to prevent arbitrary arrest and unlawful detention, political killings and impunity for human rights violations, unfair trials, and torture and ill-treatment, through a submission to the United Nations...

Inilunsad ngayon ng Amnesty International Philippines Section (AIPH) ang kanilang mga aktibidades para sa Human Rights Week sa taong 2007. “Sinubukang pagsama-samahin ng Amnesty International Philippines Section ang mga artista, musikero at atleta upang makipagtulungan sa aming mga adhikain para sa...

One of the gravest human rights crises of our time is the fact that more than one billion people are living in extreme poverty. Poverty is not just an issue of lack of income. Poverty is the denial of access to the resources, capability, security and power. All people need all these, in order to...