While rural communities grapple with militarization, Metro Manila and other urban centers have also turned into bloodbaths due to Duterte’s so-called “war on drugs.”
Kin of victims of extrajudicial killings fight for justice
Tags: Duterte’s war on drugs
Rights groups call on UN-member states to support Iceland resolution
“We hope that the member states and non-member states will support this resolution because this is just one of many initiatives that will address these heinous extrajudicial killings.”
Child advocacy group urges UN member-countries to support probe on rights violations in PH
For the investigation to push through, the UN must garner at least 24 votes from the 47 member states.
Dogs of war
By DEE AYROSO
‘There is hope’ | Mother of victim of anti-illegal drug ops welcomes dismissal of cop from service
They [policemen] pointed their guns at Djastin who raised his hands and said, “Huwag po. Huwag po.”
Drawing strength from one another | Mothers vow to continue fight for justice
“We fight not only for our sons and husbands. We do this for the killings to stop. So that there will be no more victims.”
Dragon
By DEE AYROSO
Sa Digma ng Halimaw, Isang Dokyu Teatro | Why this is necessary piece of theater from SIKAD / Tanghalang Mulong Sandoval
Sa Digma ng Halimaw is necessary theater. Because truths, no matter how painful and brutal, are told. And outside the four walls, as we go out, it is necessary to fight
Mission finds ‘patterns of state-sanctioned violence’ against Filipino lawyers
“The more serious the crime, the less serious the investigation.”
Duterte gov’t’s proclivity for short cuts backfires
People have been saying this all along; the Duterte administration could not solve the illegal drug problem with the use of uncontrolled violence and shortcuts that disregard human rights. And they were right. The Duterte administration’s bloody war on drugs has not made a dent on the illegal drug trade despite more than 12,000 extrajudicial,…