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ICC begins accepting information on Duterte’s drug war

Ivel John M. Santos, VERA Files
Updated as of Jun 29 09:50 AM

The International Criminal Court has issued the call for families of victims of the Philippine government’s war on drugs to submit their concerns and views in connection with the request of the prosecutor for authorization to proceed with an investigation, a recently-retired ICC judge said.  Read more »

War on drugs ni Duterte, pinaiimbestigahan sa International Criminal Court

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 15 09:11 PM

Naniniwala si ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda na may basehan para ituring na "crimes against humanity" ang war on drugs ng administrasyon.  Read more »

'Bloody Sunday': Rights groups call for investigation into killings of activists

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 08 03:06 PM

Human rights groups called on the Philippine government to investigate what they said was the use of "lethal force" during police raids on Sunday that left at least 9 activists dead. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 24, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 12:30 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

'Daang Krus tungo sa Katarungan'

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 24 10:22 AM

Families of extra-judicial killing victims along with parishioners of the San Isidro Labrador Parish hold the Way of the Cross for justice, with sites of the victims' deaths as stations of the Cross in Barangay Pinyahan in Quezon City on Wednesday. Read more »

Various artists hold protest gig

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 05 11:15 PM

Activists and supporters attend “Terror Error” protest performance at Bantayog ng mga Bayani in Quezon City on Saturday by various progressive bands and artists. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 1, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 02 12:11 AM

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Human rights groups honor victims of extra-judicial killings

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 06:53 PM

Members of human rights groups lay flowers on photos of victims of extrajudicial killings as part of activities leading up to International Human Rights Day at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani in Quezon City on Tuesday.  Read more »

Examining body of other victim in Echanis killing 'just as important': Fortun

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 09:18 AM

Dr. Raquel Fortun, who autopsied Randall Echanis' remains last week, said she has had "no access" to the body of the other victim, identified as Louie Tagapia, in the killings last August 10. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 21, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 22 01:19 AM

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Various groups call for end of rights abuses

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 07:55 PM

Members of multi-sectoral groups hold a protest in front of the Ninoy Aquino Monument in Makati City on Friday to commemorate Ninoy Aquino Day. Read more »

OPINION: Why we can’t believe platitudes proffered for new anti-terror law

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Jun 03 06:34 PM

When President Rodrigo Duterte and his apologists tut-tut and sneer that only terrorists need to fear the proposed new anti-terror law, the easiest answer is “Drug War”.   Read more »

OPINION: Duterte, Sudan’s al-Bashir, and China

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Feb 17 02:17 PM

President Duterte and his accomplices may delay the inevitable by seeking refuge to a place out of reach of the International Criminal Court. There’s one that we can think of: China. Read more »

'Justice for Kim'

Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 14 10:24 AM

Family members console each other during the interment of Kim Ramos at the Cainta Public Cemetery on Sunday. Read more »

DepEd condemns killing of principal, staff in Negros Oriental

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 05:18 PM

The Department of Education on Friday denounced the killing of a school principal and his sibling who was an employee of the department in Negros Oriental. Read more »

OPINION: PCOO’s 2017 drug war figures

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Jul 22 11:23 AM

If the objective of the #Real Numbers press conference last Thursday organized by the PCOO was to clarify about the conflicting numbers related to President Duterte’s drug war, it left us more confused. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 12, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 01:01 AM

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Another drug war casualty

Eloisa Lopez, Reuters
Posted at Jul 12 02:53 PM

Relatives of John Ryan Marquez stay beside his coffin at his wake in Malabon City on Friday. Read more »

Palace: Presidency isn’t ‘cowed, weakened’ by UN rights body’s resolution

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 04:47 AM

Malacañang said the resolution approved by the UN Human Rights Council calling for a thorough international review of the war on illegal drugs contained "false information and unverified facts and figures."  Read more »

OPINION: SolGen actions giving ICC reason to exercise jurisdiction over PH EJKs

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Mar 01 04:47 PM

One of the reasons that will make the International Criminal Court (ICC) decide to exercise jurisdiction over alleged extra-judicial killings (EJKs) committed under the Duterte administration is when they see that the government is “unable or unwilling” to prosecute the crimes. It is called the principle of complementarity. Read more »