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Carlos Conde

@carlosconde.bsky.social
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Independent journalist/researcher in the Philippines focusing mainly on human rights. 🇵🇭. Ex-HRW, ex-NYT. | carlosconde.substack.com

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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Happy to announce that I have been named as one of the five commissioners of the civilian and civil society-led Philippine Truth Commission, tasked to establish a credible public record of the brutal drug war. I also serve as the commission’s Executive Director. New roles, same advocacy. ❤️🙏
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Utter BS from Cayetano. 🤬 I get that journalists and media are supposed to report whatever a prick like him says but they can, you know, take an ethical stand and just ignore his lies. Because a lie — even a contextualized lie — is still a lie.
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
After a deadly clash left 19 people dead, including two children, soldiers swept through a remote farming community, searching homes and leaving residents too frightened to step outside for days. Marchel P. Espina reports from Toboso. rightsreport.org/2026/05/18/s...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
RA 9851: When the Law’s Proponents Become Its Enemies ANALYSIS: The fate of the Philippines’ most powerful accountability statute – the law on crimes against humanity – is not an irony. It is a diagnosis of the rot in our political culture. rightsreport.org/2026/05/16/r... LINK IN BIO
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
When Duterte was useful to deliver to the ICC, Marcos found the mechanism. When delivering Bato dela Rosa was inconvenient, the mechanism became invisible--and the fugitive became a ghost. The pattern is too clean to be coincidence & too sustained to be incompetence. rightsreport.org/2026/05/15/s...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Loren Helped Bring the Philippines to the ICC. Now She’s on Duterte’s Side. The senator once said the Philippines joined the ICC to ensure impunity would never be tolerated. Her son Leandro’s legal battle with the Marcos administration provides a clue for her pivot. rightsreport.org/2026/05/13/l...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The Philippine Senate did not just protect Senator Bato Dela Rosa, who is wanted by the ICC for crimes against humanity. This is a deliberate effort to make accountability impossible. Shame on the senators for dragging PH democracy through the gutter. rightsreport.org/2026/05/12/b...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
How the PH Army, Aided by Residents & Drones, Set a Deadly Trap to Pin Down Toboso Casualties Residents heard the first shots before sunrise. By afternoon, 19 were dead — and a small community in Negros Occidental was left trying to understand what happened. rightsreport.org/2026/05/11/t...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
ASEAN's Human Rights Body Enables Abuses. It Was Built that Way. If you are an ASEAN member, you can kill 1000s of your own citizens, disappear activists, label journalists as terrorists, and beat protesters in the streets. The bloc’s rights body will look away. rightsreport.org/2026/05/09/a...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
.@rightsreportPH editor Carlos Conde discusses (with @onenewsph's @edlingao, Ronald Llamas, Amy Pamintuan) press freedom, freedom of expression, the PGMN scandal, Jay Sonza's arrest, and how laws in the Philippines are misapplied vs media. Starts at 39:00 www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIT2...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
How ASEAN Keeps Looking Away as Human Rights Deteriorates When ASEAN members kill their own citizens, the bloc’s political forums look away, its rights body says nothing, and its founding doctrine of non-interference provides the institutional cover for all of it. rightsreport.org/2026/05/08/a...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
So we've come to this, my dear National Union of Journalists of the Philippines?
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
#WorldPressFreedomDay #WPFD2026
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
A landmark summit in 2024 asked the government to treat illegal drugs not as a crime problem but as a public health problem. The body count since then suggests it isn’t listening. rightsreport.org/2026/04/10/d...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Nearly 25,000 people were apprehended in two days. The police say it’s about discipline. Critics say the numbers reveal exactly what’s wrong with the operation. Police Nab Thousands in Urban Poor Sweep; Lawyers, Child Rights Groups Call Arrests Illegal, Anti-Poor rightsreport.org/2026/04/09/u...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I will be speaking at this event tomorrow, organized by the Ateneo Human Rights Center. www.facebook.com/AteneoHRC/po...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Philippine Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla says young people loitering after 10 p.m. will be arrested. Well-meaning, perhaps, but legally infirm. A child caught out past curfew is supposed to be taken home, not taken into custody. rightsreport.org/2026/04/07/r...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
What prompted this schoolgirl from the Philippines to walk out of her graduation ceremony, marched through the streets of her town in Bicol carrying this sign, and pleaded with President @bongbongmarcos for help? #ChildSexualAbuse #Education #Rape ➡️ rightsreport.org/2026/04/01/c...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Facebook Scrapped Its Fact-Checkers. Now Its Own Watchdog Says the Replacement -- Community Notes -- Could Make Disinformation Worse, Especially in the Philippines, the "Patient Zero" of Disinfo rightsreport.org/2026/03/28/f...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
A major ADB study exposes the depths of poverty among older Filipinos. For one, they rely mostly for income from fragile remittances and unpredictable family support. For another, the country’s pension system is broken; it is ranked nearly last in the world. rightsreport.org/2026/03/28/o...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
ICYMI: Diplomats like to think that they and the rest of the intl community have done their part to respond to the human rights calamity in the Philippines during Duterte's drug war. They probably did but was it enough? My latest oped for The Diplomat. thediplomat.com/2026/03/drug...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Rolan Popatco Jr., the first Aeta to become a medical technologist, deserves every word of praise he gets. The Philippine press deserves a kick in the shin for ignoring the larger significance of his story. rightsreport.org/2026/03/23/p...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
The Nameless Corpses of Sirang Lupa Dead bodies, damaged lands, and the cost of getting used to everyday impunity. LINK: @rightsreportph rightsreport.org/2026/03/23/t...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Understanding the rage vs #dedutertefication. When I wrote “Dedutertefication” in the Philippine Daily Inquirer last month, I expected pushback. What I did not fully anticipate was the texture of it—the specific, recurring shape of the anger. opinion.inquirer.net/190493/under...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The proposed law, which the Philippine Senate passed recently, is long overdue. But it needs tweaking, argues retired journalist and recently diagnosed autistic Jon Joaquin The Problem with the Autism Care Bill rightsreport.org/2026/03/16/t...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
The arguments for why the Duterte trial will happen—and why it should—are overwhelming. But so is the argument that a conviction alone will not be enough to end impunity in the Philippines. rightsreport.org/why-duterte-...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
WATCH: "I KILLED FOR DUTERTE" “I thought we were doing something good,” said Edgar Matobato, one of the hitmen of the Davao Death Squad. He later realized, he said, that the justifications for the killings were lies. rightsreport.org/i-killed-for...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Some takeaways from Duterte defense this morning: * No evidence to link Duterte to any killing * There is no “common plan” among co-perpetrators * Prosecution relied too much on “self-incriminating” Duterte speeches to show criminal intent. #DutertePanagutin #DuterteAtTheICC
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Hundreds Murdered by Hitmen Inspired by Duterte's 'Davao Death Squad' The ICC trial of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is the necessary antidote to this contagion of state-sanctioned murder in the Philippines. #TagumDeathSquad substack.com/@rightsrepor...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
RIP, WaPo.
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
CROWDSOURCING: I'm looking for cases of patients who were detained or prevented from leaving their hospital or medical care facility for failing to pay their bill. Confidentiality assured. Email me via Proton at tip.jghc7@passmail.net or message me via Signal using this QR code.
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Good lord... #Uwan #FungWong
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
#TyphoonTino #Kalmaegi #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #NickelMining Philippines: Communities Should Not Be Sacrificed for Nickel Mining @ClimateRights International exposes the impact of nickel mining on communities in the Philippines.
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Climate Rights International will release today its new report, “Broken Promises: Philippines Nickel Mining Causes Rights Abuses and Increases Climate Vulnerability.” The report will be available on the CRI website (www.cri.org) at 11am Manila time (GMT+8).
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
IN TYPHOON TINO'S PATH Typhoon Tino is barreling toward eastern Mindanao and is expected to slam into Dinagat Island. Among those that are sure to be hit are nickel mining areas. In this photo taken by Mascariñas Erwin for Climate Rights International, nickel mining operations have
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
HAPPENING TOMORROW IN MANILA AT 11AM (GMT+8): Release of a new report by @ClimateRights on how nickel mining in the Philippines causes human rights abuses and increases the country's climate vulnerability. Livestream: Facebook web.facebook.com/events/26765... LinkedIn lnkd.in/gC9vDQ_3
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
With electric vehicles gaining popularity in the Philippines, a cautionary tale. - GOOD NEWS: The Philippine EV market is booming. BAD NEWS: Mining the nickel used for EV batteries comes at a cost to the environment and to communities. This and more will be tackled during...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
present will also talk about current climate issues, how corruption is hampering the climate response, and why the Marcos administration needs to take action about its COP30 commitments. Livestream on YouTube/LinkedIn (@ClimateRights), Facebook (@ClimateRightsIntl) and on CRI's website: cri.org.
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Hope you can watch the livestream of Climate Rights International’s report launch and climate crisis forum on Nov. 4 at 1030am. Aside from releasing this report, which details the human rights and vulnerabilities of communities in the Caraga region affected by nickel mining,the panelists and experts
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
New Climate Rights Intl report out on Nov. 4 detailing how nickel mining in the Philippines threatens human rights and increases climate vulnerability Livestream on Nov. 4 at 1030am (PST) www.linkedin.com/events/clima... www.facebook.com/events/22419... www.youtube.com/@ClimateRights
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
UPCOMING (Oct. 17, Friday, 12 noon Manila) Rappler journalists Lian Buan, Dwight De Leon, and their colleagues in Rappler have broken some of the most important corruption stories in the Philippines in recent months. Their investigations helped to catalyze the anger of Filipinos enough...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
THE DPWH IS HARDLY EVER PRESENT IN CONSULTATIONS ON HOW TO SPEND HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF CLIMATE-CHANGE FUNDS. -- Watch the episode here: CORRUPTION WILL WORSEN CLIMATE CRISIS IN THE PHILIPPINES: 80% of ₱1 T Climate Budget Will Go to DPWH - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLIy...
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
UPCOMING (Oct. 15, Wednesday, 12pm) A conversation with Aksyon Klima's John Leo Algo about the climate crisis and how corruption in the DPWH and other parts of the Philippine government will worsen its impact on the country. Watch here www.youtube.com/@caloyconde starting at 12pm today (PH time).
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
I find it outrageous that this baseless and self-serving comment by Senator Rodante Marcoleta against journalists has gone unchallenged. Huwag palampasin please ang mga ganito dahil tiyak nyan, as this political slugfest gets worse, media na naman ang tatamaan. Nakalimutan na yata
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
This is on top of the travel tax collected from passengers: Php1,620 ($28) for economy class travelers, Php2,700 ($47) for first class. (Yes, you are taxed for LEAVING this hopelessly corrupt country run by the family of the most corrupt Philippine president EVER.) #PrivatizationPaMore
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
An alternative to Instagram that promises fair algorithm, no shadowbanning, etc. #upscrolled
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Carlos Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
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