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Lawyers' group says initial drug war documents show lapses in police conduct

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 04 11:21 PM

A group of human rights lawyers claims initial drug war documents show procedural lapses in police conduct.  Read more »

Bishop criticizes Duterte for calling his mom a whore

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 04 08:16 AM

Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David on Wednesday criticized President Rodrigo Duterte for calling him a "son of a whore" during a speech in Malabon City.  Read more »

US cites continuing killings, rights violations in PH in 2018 Human Rights Report

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 14 07:25 PM

Extrajudicial killings, rights abuses and threats against independent media has continued under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte last year, the United States said in its annual Human Rights report, released Wednesday. Read more »

Palace says priests should prove government behind threats

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 13 03:33 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Wednesday said the priests who claimed to have received death threats should prove that the government was behind them, after one of them challenged the administration to prove otherwise. Read more »

Kian slay prosecution not enough to stop ICC jurisdiction - petitioner

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 12 01:19 PM

All alleged extrajudicial killings must be investigated and prosecuted by the government for investigation of the International Criminal Court on the Philippine war on drugs not to prosper, one of the petitioners said Tuesday. Read more »

Calida insists only SC entitled to documents on alleged extrajudicial killings

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 05 06:54 PM

Solicitor General Jose Calida on Tuesday insisted only the Supreme Court is entitled to receive documents on alleged extrajudicial killings under the government’s war on drugs. Read more »

Public belief in police role in drug slays confirms dismal rights situation - child rights group

Angel Movido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 02 05:27 PM

Results of a recent survey on police officers' role in President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs "confirms" the dismal human rights condition in the Philippines, a children's rights group said Saturday.  Read more »

Most Filipinos worried becoming EJK victims: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 01 10:27 PM

Majority of Filipinos worry that they will be a victim of extrajudicial killings (EJKs), a new Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed Friday. Read more »

Most Pinoys believe cops involved in EJKs, illegal drug trade

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 28 04:00 PM

Most Filipinos believe policemen are involved in extrajudicial killings, the illegal drug trade, and planting of evidence against drug suspects, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed Wednesday. Read more »

Palace ‘fed up’ with detractors using UN as platform for 'baseless criticism'

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 21 04:02 PM

Malacañang on Thursday hit back at a United Nations special rapporteur for criticizing the Philippine government over the supposed attacks against human rights defenders, saying it is now fed up with the international body being used by local interest groups to shame the administration.   Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this is not a photo of cop convicted in Kian Delos Santos' killing

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 11 08:10 PM

A widely shared Facebook post contains a photo it claims shows a Philippine police officer responsible for the controversial drug war killing of a teenage boy standing next to the country’s vice president. The claim is false and the man shown in the post is not a police officer. Read more »

Ilang grupo, nagprotesta sabay sa paggunita sa Human Rights Day

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 11:26 PM

Idinaan ng mga militanteng grupo sa pagsunog sa mga anti-Duterte mural ang paggunita sa International Human Rights Day. Read more »

PH labor group slams gov't for 'abandoning' human rights

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 06:57 PM

Labor group Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino said the government should be blamed for the weakening value of human rights in the Philippines. Read more »

ICC prosecutor continues preliminary probe on PH drug war

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 04:45 PM

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda revealed this on Wednesday in her annual report on preliminary examination activities of her office. Read more »

Leni seeks probe of other drug war killings after Kian killers' conviction

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 29 05:08 PM

Robredo said the murder conviction of three policemen proves that there are problems hounding the government's narcotics crackdown.  Read more »

Jake Cuenca, bibida sa pelikulang tumatalakay sa EJKs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 03:48 PM

Extrajudicial killings ang paksa ng bagong pelikulang pagbibidahan ni Jake Cuenca. Read more »

Paolo Paraiso, na-injure ang mata sa shoot ng bagong pelikula

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 20 03:49 PM

Nagtamo ng injury sa mata si Paolo Paraiso sa gitna ng shoot ng bago niyang pelikulang "Kontradiksyon" na tumatalakay sa isyu ng extrajudicial killings. Read more »

Pagpatay sa abogado sa Negros, kinondena

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 07 09:21 PM

Kinondena ng iba't ibang grupo ang nangyaring pagpatay kay Atty. Benjamin Ramos, ang abogadong tumutulong sa kaso ng 9 na magsasakang pinatay sa isang hacienda sa bayan ng Sagay. Read more »

Manny Pacquiao tells Oxford students: No EJKs in PH drug war

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 08 01:00 PM

Senator Manny Pacquiao on Monday denied that there are extra-judicial killings (EJKs) in the Duterte administration's drug war, as he spoke in one of the world's most prestigious universities about his experience in the legislature.  Read more »

Pacquiao, tinangging may extrajudicial killings sa Pilipinas

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 06 10:54 PM

Sinabi ni Sen. Manny Pacquiao sa isang student forum sa Oxford University sa United Kingdom na walang extrajudicial killings sa giyera kontra droga sa Pilipinas. Read more »