Progressive groups launched a broad campaign to visit and gather support for the Philippine political prisoners in December 2025. Human rights defenders, relatives of political prisoners, church people, lawyers, youth, women, workers, and international groups took action and joined the campaign. Visits were reported to prisons in Northern Luzon, Aurora, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Laguna, Metro […]

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) relentlessly spread terrorism and attacked communities and citizens even during Christmas and New Year. Before 2025 ended, cases of killings, abductions, arrests, and other human rights violations were recorded. Killing. AFP troopers at close range shot woman peasant leader Warlita Jimenez, 55, […]

“Unjust and unacceptable” is how minority rights defenders, human rights groups, lawyers, and others described the Court of Appeals (CA) confirmation of the verdict against the Talaingod 13. The court convicted the Talaingod 13 of “child abuse” on July 15, 2024. The CA in Cagayan de Oro affirmed the verdict on December 16. On January […]

On December 26, 2025, the Japanese government led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi approved the allocation of 9 trillion yen or US$58 billion for the country’s defense budget in 2026. This is equivalent to 2% of Japan’s total national production. This catapulted Japan to third place among the countries with the largest defense budgets in […]

The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) International Office condemns in the strongest terms the United States’ bombing of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, its open military aggression against Venezuelan territory, and the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro. These actions represent a blatant violation of Venezuelan sovereignty, international laws, and yet another chapter in […]