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CHR probes death of Acosta, companion in Negros Occ.

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Updated as of Dec 08 07:41 PM

The CHR said it has started an independent investigation on the death of poet-activist Ericson Acosta and his companion, Joseph Jimenez of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas. Read more »

CA corrects death certificate of drug war victim

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 05 11:44 PM

(UPDATED) The Court of Appeals 4th Division has ordered the correction of cause of death entry in the death certificate of 9-year old Lenin Baylon, who was killed at the height of the war on drugs in 2016, from bronchopneumonia to gunshot wound. Read more »

Duterte says drug war extrajudicial killings 'not true'

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 14 09:43 PM

'Even if it is unconstitutional, so be it. I will do it. Wala akong — I don't give a sh*t, the outgoing President said. Read more »

Group slams planned continuation of drug war

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Posted at Jun 03 12:17 PM

A rights group slammed the planned continuation of the war on drugs, which has led to the deaths of thousands of people, mostly urban poor. Read more »

CHR: Next admin must 'recalibrate' drug war

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Updated as of May 20 01:48 PM

The incoming administration must recalibrate the country’s ‘war on drugs,’ the Commission on Human Rights said. Read more »

Programa tumulong para ma-cremate ang ilang napatay sa drug war

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Posted at Apr 06 07:59 PM

Sa tulong ng isang proyekto, nai-cremate ang ilang napatay sa giyera kontra droga ng gobyero matapos mapaso ang kanilang mga renta sa himlayan. Read more »

DOJ begins probe on couple killed on ‘Bloody Sunday’

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 03:01 AM

The NBI found ‘deliberate intent to kill’ on the part of the arresting law enforcers and filed murder complaints against 17 cops. Read more »

Drug war victims cremated as grave leases lapse

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Updated as of Oct 21 04:39 PM

Exhumed remains of seven individuals killed in the drug war were cremated and blessed Wednesday after the leases on their graves expired. Read more »

Proper procedure not followed in some drug war ops: DOJ

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 05 04:02 PM

Proper procedures were not followed by the police in many of the cases the Department of Justice (DOJ) is now looking into as part of its second drug war review. Read more »

154 cops in drug cases may be criminally liable: DOJ

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Posted at Oct 03 03:33 PM

The Department of Justice has found "possible criminal liability" on the part of police officers involved in the cases that the agency reviewed, Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Sunday. Read more »

Pamilya ng EJK victims sa San Jose del Monte dismayado sa usad ng kaso

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Posted at Jul 02 08:21 PM

Ang hinanakit pa nila, mas umuusad pa raw ang disbarment case ng mga akusadong pulis laban sa NBI agent na nag-imbestiga at tumutulong sa kaso. Read more »

As PNP faces another controversy, Palace repeats 'bad eggs' are 'exception rather than rule'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 21 05:45 PM

"Bad eggs" in the Philippine National Police make up "the exception rather than the rule", Malacañang said on Monday, after some law enforcers killed an allegedly unarmed teenager during a drug war operation last week in Laguna. Read more »

Malacañang says Duterte not bothered by request for ICC probe into drug war

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Posted at Jun 17 11:11 PM

Human rights observers believe a probe by the International Criminal Court into the Philippine's anti-drug campaign will not be hindered by President Rodrigo Duterte's refusal to cooperate. Read more »

Duterte remarks on drug war 'highly relevant' to show policy to kill: watchdog

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Updated as of Jun 17 06:45 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's previous remarks are highly relevant to show the alleged existence of a state policy on drug war killings, a global watchdog said Thursday. Read more »

ICC has ‘sufficient’ basis for full probe into PH drug-war killings, says rights lawyer

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Updated as of Jun 15 09:22 AM

Outgoing International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has "sufficient" basis to request for full investigation into drug war killings in the Philippines, an international human rights lawyer said Tuesday. Read more »

Duterte tells drug traffickers: 'Evil to evil tayo'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 08 09:52 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday he was willing to resort to "evil" to fight the narcotics trade, which he promised to eradicate in 2016.    Read more »

DOJ task force to make 'preliminary assessment' on murder of ex-priest, peace consultant

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Posted at May 31 06:18 PM

MANILA - The inter-agency task force on extrajudicial killings will make a "preliminary assessment" on the killings of 2 National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultants in the Visayas, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Monday. Read more »

Bagong koalisyon para sa halalan inisa-isa ang 'kapalpakan' ng Duterte admin

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Posted at Mar 18 10:28 PM

Hirit ng 1Sambayan, hindi na dapat pang maluklok sa puwesto sa 2022 ang sinumang kaalyado ni Pangulong Duterte. Read more »

'Parang tinotorture': What witnesses heard, saw on the night Echanis, Tagapia died

Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 12 06:03 AM

lt was a rainy night when "Martin" (not his real name) heard loud "shouting" from an apartment near their house in Petronia Street, Novaliches, Quezon City on Sunday. Read more »

PH rights groups to UN: Human rights situation in PH ‘worsening’

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 11:22 PM

Philippine human rights defenders on Friday submitted their reports to the United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) on what they call the “worsening” human rights situation in the country. Read more »