“We are ready to fight for justice.”
Kin of victims of drug-related killings set to seek justice
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Urban poor group calls for end to Duterte’s war on drugs
“There had to be a scandal about the killing of a Korean to show that there is something wrong with Oplan Tokhang…If this had not happened, the PNP will carry on killing poor Filipinos already hard put in finding justice.”
Kin of victims of drug-related killings file complaints vs. government
“We believe that the vulnerable poor, marginalized and exploited sectors of society must be afforded every respect of their human rights—for these are the rights of the toiling majority.”
Christmas wish
Find out what the orphaned children of the Philippines’ war on drugs are wishing for this Christmas.
Yearender 2016 | Under Duterte, rights violations continue with impunity
The death toll on Duterte’s brutal campaign against illegal drugs surpassed the number of victims of extrajudicial killings under the Benigno Aquino III, which totaled 307 and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo administrations with 1,200 victims combined.
Stop drug-related killings, groups say
“Drug users should be saved, not executed.” By RONALYN V. OLEA MANILA — Wearing a black veil, 45-year-old Myrna (not her real name) joined a protest in front of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) demanding a stop to drug-related killings this morning, Dec. 5. Myrna’s eldest son was killed in the early…
Mr. President, you could not totally disregard human rights
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective As December 10 International Human Rights day draws near, let us remind the Duterte administration that human rights is not something which could be upheld or disregarded at the whims or caprices of the government, the war no drugs notwithstanding. There are fundamental rights that could not be totally disregarded…
‘Premeditated rubout,’ groups say of suspected druglord killing
“A search warrant in a government prison facility is unnecessary and appears to be a flaccid attempt to make the apparent rubout ‘legal.'” — NUPL
Democratic space | Poverty is root of crime
Since the Duterte Administration took over, their supposed mission was to eradicate drugs including other serious problems of the Philippines like poverty. In the article of Almi Atienza, Germelina Lacorte, Kate Pedroso and Rafael Antonio entitled ‘Traffic, poverty must also be Duterte’s priorities’ published by Inquirer Mindanao last October 6, 2016, they stated that the…
Duterte’s #First100Days | Impunity still reigns
“The struggle for meaningful and thoroughgoing change continues, as we continue to uphold and assert people’s rights.”
UP Carillon bells peal out vs killings
“There should be due process.”