Carlos H. Conde
Carlos H. Conde is a senior researcher at the Asia division of Human Rights Watch covering the Philippines. He has done research and advocacy on the ongoing “war on drugs” in the Philippines where thousands have been killed. He has documented extrajudicial killings of activists, journalists, legal professionals, peasant leaders, environmentalists, and Indigenous peoples, as well allegations of torture, enforced disappearances, and press freedom violations. He has written reports on death squads, the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Philippines, child labor, and the impact of the anti-drug campaign on the children left behind by the victims.
Before joining Human Rights Watch, Conde worked as a journalist, reporting for The New York Times for more than a decade. He has also reported for The International Herald Tribune, The Washington Post, PBS Frontline, Global Post, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), the Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Manila Times, Newsbreak, MindaNews, among other publications.
He served as secretary-general of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines and has been a fellow at the PCIJ. He was a Jefferson Fellow (2003) at the East-West Center of the University of Hawaii. He currently serves as a trustee of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility and a member of the international advisory board of Indigenous Peoples Rights International.
Articles Authored
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December 19, 2019
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December 4, 2019
Duterte Threatens to Shut Down TV Network
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November 22, 2019
No Justice a Decade After Philippines Massacre
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November 12, 2019
Philippine Vice President Could Score a ‘Drug War’ Win
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July 8, 2019
Bloody Sunday in the Philippines
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July 6, 2019
Philippines’ Disinformation Campaign in Geneva
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May 16, 2019
Philippines ‘Drug War’ Top Cop Elected to Senate
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April 2, 2019
‘Drug War’ – Style Lawlessness Spirals in Philippines
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March 15, 2019
Philippine Lawyer Possible Victim of ‘Drug War’ Murder
Reports Authored
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Fueling the Philippines’ HIV Epidemic
Government Barriers to Condom Use by Men Who Have Sex With Men