Category: End Impunity
Lao national and 2005 Magsaysay Award recipient Sombath Somphone stands beside a poster of fellow awardee V. Shanta during a press conference in Manila, Philippines on Monday 29 August 2005. Photo: EPA/ROLEX DELA PENA
Civil society demand Laos government reveal Sombath’s fate
Laos: After eight years, civil society worldwide demands the government establish and reveal...
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EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan. CC-BY-4.0: © European Union 2019 – Source: EP
Open Letter to EU Trade Commissioner on Philippines GSP+ Withdrawal
Note: This open letter was addressed to then-EU Trade Commissioner Paul Hogan on 1 September 2020....
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Democracy and Charisma: A Dangerous Liaison
Democracy in the Era of Charismatic Politics in India and the Philippines Talk delivered to...
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DUTERTE, THE SERPENT. His strongman rule ultimately serves the administration’s authoritarian and neoliberal agenda. United Peoples’ SONA. Quezon City, Philippines. 2019 July 22. Photo by Galileo de Guzman Castillo.
A Period of Consequences: The Era of Violence, Hardships, Betrayals, and Perversions under Duterte
Focus on the Global South’s Statement on President Rodrigo Duterte’s midterm State of the Nation...
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Laos: Six Years On, Civil Society Worldwide Demands Answers to the Enforced Disappearance of Sombath Somphone
14 December 2018: On the eve of the sixth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil...
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Justice for the TAMASCO 8 Massacre. Now.
December 3 marks the first death anniversary of Datu Victor Danyan, his two sons, son-in law, and...
Read MoreEnd Impunity video project of Focus & iDefend to Receive Award
For its video on the situation of human rights in Asia, human rights violations in the form of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances, Focus will receive a human rights award; the video received the most likes and...
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Den Kamlae and the Fate of the Disappeared: Justice Still Out of Reach
It’s been over a year since the late afternoon on 16 April 2016 when Den Kamlae went missing...
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Why March 8, 2017 was Extra Significant for Philippine Women
Manila — For Philippine women’s organizations, the 2017 commemoration of International...
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Human Rights Activists Say No to Re-imposition of Death Penalty & Call for Restorative Justice
Focus on the Global South – Philippines joined human rights advocates and other civil...
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Not just of the Past, Protest Music Kept Alive in the Philippines
The event Songs of Disquiet, Hymns of Rage, held December 28 in Quezon City, Philippines, might...
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Laos: On fourth anniversary of enforced disappearance, civil society demands to know: “Where is Sombath Somphone?”
Bangkok, 15 December 2016: On the fourth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of prominent...
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