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UN welcoming reports detailing status of human rights in PH

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 05 02:27 AM

A lawyers group and an organization made up of non-Roman Catholic churches have responded to the invitation by the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights. Read more »

'Meron ako tsismis': Dela Rosa says no confirmation yet on US visa cancellation

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 06:31 PM

Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa on Monday said he has yet to verify reports that the US government has revoked his visa due to his alleged involvement in human rights violations. Read more »

Gov’t employees among rising number of environment defenders killed this year, group says

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 09:43 PM

A total of 46 individuals were killed this year because of environment-related issues, according to Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment’s (Kalikasan PNE) year-end report on the situation of Filipino environmental defenders.  Read more »

Free Leila: Robredo, et al seek De Lima's release after 1,000th day in detention

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 06:48 AM

MANILA—Leaders, activists and organizations from around the world is urging the Philippine government to free Sen. Leila de Lima, who is spending her 1,000th day in jail over what they called trumped-up and politically-motivated illegal drug charges. Read more »

In Venezuela, special police force wreaks havoc in slums

AFP reporters in Caracas
Posted at Nov 07 12:29 PM

EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS: Special Action Forces in Venezuela are accused of shooting young men at point-blank range, inventing gun battles to cover their tracks, hiding autopsy reports and preventing relatives from seeing any official files. An NGO has recorded 831 "executions" carried out by FAES members since 2018.  Read more »

'Tao Po': Monologue about extrajudicial slays in PH gets standing ovation in Amsterdam

Jofelle P. Tesorio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 11:49 AM

AMSTERDAM - "Tao Po", a 4-act monologue about extrajudicial killings in the Philippines, got a standing ovation at the packed CREA theatre, next to the University of Amsterdam, last Saturday, October 5. Read more »

Family cries for justice as cop shoots 2 in Marikina City

Kevin Manalo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 07 09:31 PM

The family of a 23-year-old man shot by a policeman in Marikina City is seeking justice. Read more »

Joint UN, international court probe on slays under Duterte administration sought

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 04:55 PM

MANILA - A lawyers’ group and relatives of victims of alleged extrajudicial killings in government's drug war have asked the International Criminal Court to run a parallel investigation with the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on murder and crimes against humanity charges against President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

'Justice for Aldrin': Mother of drug-war victim continues fight in foreign land

Jofelle P. Tesorio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 30 07:28 AM

Nanette Castillo brings her son's case outside the Philippines so that, in her words, the world would know that many mothers like her are real and they are crying for justice. Read more »

OPINION: In Escalante, government wants 'to look forward' into the dark

Inday Espina Varona
Posted at Sep 20 12:39 PM

There is an effort to present the Escalante massacre as a tragedy that should ultimately be blamed on activist groups that aroused people’s ire against the Marcoses. Read more »

Cops deny vigilante group behind killings in Central Visayas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 10:17 PM

Police denied Friday the presence of a vigilante group in the Central Visayas after a spate of killings in the region. Read more »

Human sacrifice bridge rumors spark Bangladesh extrajudicial killings

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 24 07:48 PM

DHAKA, BANGLADESH - Eight people have been killed in vigilante lynchings in Bangladesh sparked by rumors on social media of children being kidnapped and sacrificed as offerings for the construction of a mega-bridge, police said Wednesday. Read more »

He never came home

Basilio Sepe, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 24 08:01 AM

"Nanlaban," which loosely translates to retaliating during a police operation, has been an all-too-common reason behind Philippine police officers' decision to pull the trigger. Read more »

Ilang senador kontra sa posibleng pagkalas ng PH sa UNHRC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 09:23 PM

Ilang senador ang tutol sa umano ay plano ni Pangulong Duterte na kumalas sa United Nations Human Rights Council.  Read more »

A painful farewell

Noel Celis, AFP
Posted at Jul 15 11:14 AM

Filipina domestic helper from Saudi Arabia, Maria Theresa Conje, cries during the burial of her son Bryan Conje at Sangandaan Cemetery in Manila on Sunday. Read more »

De Lima calls for probe into death of OFW’s son in Navotas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 11:29 PM

This was a response to the July 5 killing of Bryan Conje, 22, during an anti-robbery operation in Barangay Northbay Boulevard North. Read more »

'Concerned' countries should have reached out to PH on rights issues: Palace

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 04:45 PM

MANILA - Member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) should have reached out to President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration formally if it really sought to understand Manila’s human rights situation, Malacañang said Friday. Read more »

Human rights groups confident UN council will act on PH killings

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 10 08:02 PM

Human rights groups and defenders are confident the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will act on the rising number of alleged extrajudicial killings in the Philippines. Read more »

Amnesty International: Bulacan 'pinakamadugo' sa drug war

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 09 06:57 PM

Nanawagan ang Amnesty International sa United Nations na imbestigahan ang giyera kontra droga.  Read more »

Bulacan is PH's 'bloodiest killing field' - Amnesty Int'l report

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 08 07:39 PM

MANILA (UPDATE 2) - Amnesty International has called on the United Nations to conduct an “independent, impartial and effective investigation” on the drug war in the Philippines as it found that “extrajudicial executions” continue to take place in the country, three years after the campaign was launched. Read more »