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'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 »

US senator urges Duterte anew to release De Lima

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 09 07:14 AM

A US senator has urged Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte anew to release Sen. Leila de Lima, who is nearing 3 years in detention over what he called as "dubious and politically-motivated" charges. Read more »

Palace asserts PH out of ICC jurisdiction after tribunal sets 2020 deadline for drug war preliminary exam

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 05:38 PM

The International Criminal Court (ICC) does not have jurisdiction over the Philippines, a Malacañang official said Saturday, a day after a report claimed that the ICC is set to finalize its preliminary examination on drug war issues next year. Read more »

Indian police kill 4 men suspected of gang rape, murder; draw cheers

Anshuman Daga and Derek Francis, Reuters
Posted at Dec 06 06:07 PM

The men had been in police custody and were shot dead near the scene of last week's crime where they tried to snatch the weapons of accompanying policemen, said N. Prakash Reddy, a deputy commissioner of police in Shamshabad, near Hyderabad. Read more »

Duterte jokes: I’ll have vape inventor killed

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 09:48 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday joked that he would have the inventor of e-cigarettes killed, days after he banned its use in public places. Read more »

Pamilya ng mga umano'y EJK victim, sigaw pa rin ang hustisya

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 01:14 AM

Ilang araw bago ang Undas, nagtipon-tipon sa Mendiola sa Maynila ang pamilya ng mga umano'y biktima ng extrajudicial killings para gunitain at hilingin ang hustisya para sa kanilang mga mahal sa buhay. Read more »

OPINION: Duterte’s overseas fans erupt with rage as police scandal taints anti-crime stance

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Oct 07 11:15 PM

As President Rodrigo Duterte’s rough posture on crime and drugs unravel with a scandal over police allegedly recycling hundreds of millions of pesos worth of confiscated narcotics, his overseas supporters have erupted in rage. Read more »

OPINION: 'Tao Po,' 'Nanlaba' European tour to add headaches for Duterte gov't

Inday Espina-Varona
Updated as of Sep 27 01:12 PM

“Tao Po,” the one-woman play on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal crackdown on narcotics suspects, opens Sept. 26 in Geneva, host city of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Read more »

Lawyers worldwide urge Duterte admin to protect Filipino lawyers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 18 07:03 AM

Various organizations, lawyers and members of the legal profession on Monday called on the Duterte administration to protect Filipino lawyers from increasing attacks associated with the government's war against drugs. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 17, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 18 12:09 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Protesters call for a stop to anti-drug ops

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 05:50 PM

A woman wipes her face during a protest in front of national police headquarters Camp Crame in Quezon City on Wednesday calling for the government to stop the implementation of its anti-drug operations.  Read more »

Cutting ties with Iceland may affect Pinoy workers, Duterte admits

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 06:05 AM

MANILA—He may be cold towards Iceland, but President Rodrigo Duterte said severing ties with the Nordic country could affect some 2,000 Filipinos working there. Read more »

PH drug war deaths a ‘matter of most serious concern,’ says UN rights chief

Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 25 01:45 PM

MANILA — The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) has said deaths in the Philippines' drug war is “a matter of most serious concern” even as it acknowledged the “real numbers” as reported by government officials. Read more »

PNP to bishop’s rant over spate of killings: Well taken

Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 06 04:20 PM

The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday said it was probing the string of killings in the city-district of Camanava, where a mother lost another son in an anti-drug operation.  Read more »

Pedicab driver shot by Quezon police, rearrested without warrant: Diokno

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 02 07:18 PM

MANILA - A pedicab driver who survived being shot by police in Quezon province last year was re-arrested without warrant Friday, human rights lawyer and senatorial candidate Chel Diokno said. Read more »

Palace lauds conviction of cops in Kian's slay

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 29 01:37 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Thursday lauded a Caloocan court's decision convicting three policemen tagged in the killing of teenager Kian Delos Santos in 2017, saying this shows that the country’s justice system is "robust" and "working." Read more »

Sotto corrects Pacquiao: Extrajudicial killings real but not state-sponsored

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Posted at Nov 07 07:11 PM

Extrajudicial killings exist in the Philippines but these are not sponsored by the government, Senate President Vicente Sotto III admitted Wednesday. Read more »

ICC to be informed of Duterte's EJK 'sin' remark

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 03:21 PM

This after the President in a speech Friday said extrajudicial killings were his "only sin." Read more »

Rights groups slam Duterte over EJK 'sin' remark

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 02:58 PM

Human rights advocates criticized President Rodrigo Duterte Friday after he said his “only sin” was extrajudicial killings. Read more »