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CHR urges public to stay vigilant, uphold democracy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 11 11:53 PM

The rights body’s statement came amid fears that the upcoming administration of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. would echo his father’s dictatorship. Read more »

Curtain set to fall on Beijing Olympics

Peter STEBBINGS, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 20 08:24 PM

A Beijing Winter Olympics beset by concerns about rights and Covid in the build-up and tarnished by a Russian doping scandal once under way were set to close on Sunday. Read more »

VP Leni: No unification with Marcos without justice

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 02 11:27 PM

VP Leni Robredo rejected reconciliation with her rival Bongbong Marcos without justice for past "abuses." Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 8, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 09 10:31 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Rights advocates call for justice for EJK victims

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 06:12 PM

Human rights advocates place the names and portraits of victims of extrajudicial killings under the Duterte administration in plants during an activity in Quezon City on Wednesday. Read more »

Australia joins US diplomatic boycott of Beijing Games

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 08 01:54 PM

Australia will not send officials to February's Winter Olympics in Beijing, joining a US diplomatic boycott of the Games. Read more »

Educate youth on martial law: human rights official

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 04:37 PM

The youth must be educated about the Martial Law atrocities under President Ferdinand Marcos to avoid historical revisionism, a human rights official said. Read more »

Duterte blasts human rights groups anew, says country benefits from killed drug suspects

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 12:58 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday lashed out against human rights groups anew, and said the country benefits from his war on drugs. Read more »

5 years of no justice, no peace under Duterte, say progressive groups

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 02:09 PM

More than six thousand drug suspects have been killed under the drug war based on official figures but human rights groups estimate there could be as many as more than 30,000 killed since 2016. Read more »

Ika-2 ulat ng isang grupo ukol sa human rights violations sa Pilipinas inilabas na

Johnson Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 07 11:01 PM

Isinapubliko na ng International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) ang resulta ng kanilang ikalawang ulat patungkol sa umano’y mga paglabag sa karapatang pantao sa Pilipinas sa ilalim ng Duterte administration.  Read more »

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

ABS-CBN News
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 »

Palace claims ICC request on PH drug war probe based on 'hearsay'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 16 10:03 PM

Relatives of drug war victims welcomed the request of an International Criminal Court prosecutor for a full probe into the Duterte administration's drug war. Read more »

Experts believe ICC probe on PH drug war will proceed

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 15 11:05 PM

A full investigation being set by the International Criminal Court into alleged crimes committed by Philippine law enforcers in the drug war of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

‘Moment of hope’: Amnesty International lauds ICC investigation on Duterte drug war

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 15 01:32 AM

"This is a much-awaited step in putting murderous incitement by President Duterte and his administration to an end,” Amnesty Secretary-General Agnes Callamard says. Read more »

ICC prosecutor seeks judicial nod to start probe on PH situation amid 'war on drugs'

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 15 12:31 AM

“The total number of civilians killed in connection with the WoD between July 2016 and March 2019 appears to be between 12,000 and 30,000.”  Read more »

Fil-Ams urge US to suspend security aid to PH over rights record

Don Tagala, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at Jun 12 07:18 AM

NEW JERSEY - A coalition of Filipino-American human rights advocates is urging the US to suspend its security aid to the Philippines due to the Duterte administration's alleged human rights violations. Read more »

US considers joint boycott of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

Robert Delaney, South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 07 12:50 PM

Calls have grown for the US to back out of the Games because of alleged human rights violations in China. US State Department spokesman Ned Price stressed the need to work with allies so that any step the US takes will have more influence on Beijing. Read more »

US sharply criticizes China in annual human rights review

Owen Churchill, South China Morning Post
Posted at Mar 31 01:09 PM

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticized China on Tuesday for a catalogue of alleged human rights abuses over the past year, even as he pledged that the US would address its own human rights failings as part of a broader global promotion of civil liberties.   Read more »

CHR says cops with 'intent to kill' in drug war

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 11:11 PM

Unreasonable force, with intent to kill. Human rights probers said this is what Philippine police resorted to in hundreds of anti-drug operations since 2016.  Read more »

Biden says China to face repercussions on human rights

Jeff Mason, Reuters
Posted at Feb 17 01:20 PM

China will pay a price for its human rights abuses, US President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday, responding to queries at a televised event on the Asian nation's handling of Muslim minorities in its far western region of Xinjiang. Read more »