“We must address the roots of what makes for the proliferation of the illegal drug trade and not just give the police a license to kill.”
Progressives slam killing of minor, rising deaths in police anti-drug ops
Tags: war on drugs
Releasing the pain | Kin of victims of gov’t war on drugs overcome sorrow through dance
A group of families of victims of drug-related killings use art to move on and seek justice.
Human rights groups to PNP: Stop ‘tokhang’
“We, the poor are the first ones to get killed… When we get caught for the slightest offense, we get killed right away.”
Youths condemn drug killings ahead of Duterte’s SONA
By CHARIS MAE RIVERA Bulatlat MANILA- Students from different schools and levels gathered today, July 18, at St. Scholastica’s College-Manila (SSC) to denounce drug-related extrajudicial killings under President Duterte, as an advanced counterpoint to the State of the Nation Address (SONA) he will deliver on July 24. Among those at the gathering were the Millennials…
From Marcos to Duterte | Families of victims of rights abuses unite in renewed call for justice
Victims of drug-related killings and other human rights violations came together in a tearful gathering.
PH Independence day | Groups call to stop killings, resume peace talks
On Independence Day, June 12, various sectors held joined the day-long protest, starting in the morning from the Chinese consulate in Makati City, and proceeding to the US Embassy in Manila, with calls for national sovereignty and against foreign intervention. The groups particularly assailed the presence and “meddling” by US troops in the conflict in…
A cure worse than the disease
It has been close to three weeks since a botched police operation against Abu Sayaff leader Isnilon Hapilon evolved into a shooting war with his supporters in Marawi City, the Maute Group, and the subsequent declaration of martial law in the entire Mindanao. The historical Islamic City of Marawi is being reduced to rubble by…
Progressive groups set ‘National Day of Prayer’ on June 12
The inter-faith prayer rally will call for the lifting of martial law in Mindanao.
Credibility problem
The Philippine delegation to the third cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) co-chaired by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano and Deputy Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs Menardo Guevarra has a credibility problem. Its name is Rodrigo Duterte. The UNHRC is looking into the Philippine human rights record…
Not listening
By DEE AYROSO
Alternate reality
By DEE AYROSO