Events

The Defend NGOs Alliance strongly denounces the conviction of community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and lay worker Marielle Domequil, a ruling that lays bare how the Philippine justice system has been weaponized to criminalize dissent, silence truth tellers, and terrorize civil society into submission. This conviction is not justice. It is repression dressed up as due process. Frenchie Mae and Marielle have been deprived of their freedom for nearly six years through fabric

The Council for People’s Development and Governance (CPDG), together with the Defend NGOs Alliance, stands in unwavering solidarity with Atty. Antonio Gabriel “Dean Tony” La Viña and all human rights defenders (HRDs) who continue to face grave threats to their lives, security, and freedom as a result of red-tagging. Last December 2025, retired Lt. General Antonio Parlade, former spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), publicl

The Defend NGOs Alliance denounces the recent legal harassment of development worker and community leader Carmilo Tabada—currently facing revived charges long dismissed by the courts.  Tabada is currently Barangay Councilor of Brgy Poblacion, Trinidad, Bohol.   The Alliance sees Tabada's arrest as part of the Philippine government’s escalating use of anti-terrorism and financial suppression mechanisms to intimidate and constrain independent civic action. The continuing harras

DefendNGOs Alliance asks development actors to support urgent actions to reclaim civic space. This includes reviewing and moving towards amending or repealing the ATA, related terrorism financing laws, EO 70, and ultimately abolishing the NTF-ELCAC.

Defend NGOs Alliance stands in unwavering solidarity with Tarabang Para sa Bicol (TABI) and strongly calls out the brazen red-tagging and harassment of its staff and consultant. These attacks are not just lies—they are acts of cruelty against individuals whose work has protected lives, nurtured communities, and built resilience where the state has failed or withdrawn. To target them is to attack the very essence of humanitarian service. For years, TABI has strengthened disast

The CA’s decision underscores the hollowness of the state’s accusation, yet the very structures that enabled these abuses—with their deep impunity and militarized logic—remain unchallenged.

Mariing kinokondena ng Defend NGOs Alliance ang ginagawa ng administrasyong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na kriminalisahin ang mga nagdaang kilos-protesta laban sa korapsyon at sa panawagan ng pananagutan ng mga mamamayan sa mga sangkot sa korapsyon. Habang ang mga personalidad na sangkot sa isyu ng korapsyon sa flood control ay patuloy na nakaiiwas sa hustisya, inaatake naman ng pulisya ang mga nagbabantay kontra korapsyon – mga kabataan, magsasaka, mangingisda, manggagawa at iba pa

Defend NGOs Visayas joined Defend NGOs Eastern Visayas in holding a media briefing last 30 August 2025 in commemoration of National Press...

Hello, everyone, and thank you for inviting me to speak at this event to mark World Humanitarian Day.   Around the globe, humanitarian...

Dear Friends in the humanitarian community, Let me first thank the organizers, the Defend NGOs Alliance National and Visayas, together...