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It facilitates activism by members and other individuals and groups to take part in human rights work. Amnesty International Philippines’ activism is geared towards achieving the following changes for human rights: changes in policy, accountability, activism and mobilization and changes in peoples’ lives.

Upon President Aquino’s inauguration in June 2010, Amnesty International reiterated the call to make human rights a priority for his administration. A year on, President Aquino has not yet been able to curb political killings, enforced disappearances and torture. This briefing revisits the recommendations made a year ago and uses them as a basis to assess President Aquino’s record on human rights protection in the Philippines.

On 29 July 2009, the 2008-2009 hostilities, which displaced more than 750,000 persons in total and led to numerous human rights abuses, officially ended with an agreement to resume peace negotiations. This report focuses on the situation of internally displaced persons and human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law in the context of the armed conflict in Maguindanao province, which was the stronghold of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and one of the centres of the armed conflict for most of its duration.

Fighting escalated in the Mindanao region of southern Philippines on 4 August 2008, when the Philippines Supreme Court delayed formally signing the “Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain”. This report shows the human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law taking place during the conflict. More than 100 civilians have been killed, hundreds have been severely injured and subjected to inhumane treatment, unlawful killings and destruction of property.

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty falls on the 6th day of the 60day countdown to the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Amnesty International paved the way again for the commemoration of this day through another Riders With A Cause: Small Places Tour Caravan. Fifty motorcycle riders from District 1 Rider Club – Manila and Jet Riders Philippines, together with 100 individuals traversed the busiest streets of Quezon City going to the Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila to relay the message that poverty is not inevitable.

Amnesty International Directors from 14 countries (USA, Japan, Germany, EU, France, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, Austria, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Philippines and Netherlands), through an Open letter, urged President Gloria Arroyo to take immediate action to break the chain of impunity on political killings and enforced disappearances.