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UP student council hits 'insulting' Imee Marcos, Kabataang Barangay reunion

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 05:04 PM

MANILA - The University of the Philippines - Diliman (UPD) student council on Tuesday condemned the reported reunion of the defunct Kabataang Barangay with Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos last Saturday at the Quezon City campus.  Read more »

Palace: Aquino also to blame for culture of impunity

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 30 03:08 PM

MANILA - The Palace on Monday hit back at former president Benigno Aquino III for criticizing President Rodrigo Duterte’s comments about human rights during his State of the Nation Address. Read more »

OPINION: Murder in the morning, brawl in the evening

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Jul 05 12:04 AM

What a day it was last Monday. Read more »

'Kultura ng karahasan,' ikinababahala

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 04 12:38 AM

Matagal nang problema sa bansa ang umano'y kultura ng karahasan, ayon sa Human Rights Watch. Read more »

Lawmakers alarmed over high-profile killings

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 03 11:57 PM

Administration critics slam what they call a prevailing culture of impunity in the Philippines. The country's top cop, however, says otherwise.  Read more »

Duterte: Priests are no better than me

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 07:20 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday denied persecuting priests amid a spate of killings of members of the clergy, saying some priests are no better than him. Read more »

CMFR: Journalists in PH need to be bolder

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 20 04:09 PM

The Philippines has been listed as the fifth most dangerous country for journalists this year Read more »

PH among top 5 most dangerous for journalists in 2017

Reuters
Updated as of Dec 20 12:35 AM

BERLIN - At least 65 media workers around the world have been killed doing their jobs this year, media freedom organization Reporters Without Borders said on Tuesday. Read more »

TV journalist killed in front of children

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 13 05:21 AM

A Somali television journalist was killed by a car bomb in front of his children, relatives said, the fifth murder of a journalist in the war-torn country this year. Read more »

Duterte committed to protect media workers, Andanar says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 03 01:07 AM

The Palace on Thursday defended the Duterte administration's efforts to solve the murder of journalists in the Philippines. Read more »

EU says PH rights situation worsened due to drug war

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 04:53 PM

The human rights situation in the Philippines worsened in the second half of 2016 under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, according to the latest European Union Annual Report on Human Rights And Democracy.  Read more »

Philippines has worst impunity in the world: study

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 24 04:04 PM

(UPDATED) The Philippines has the worst level of impunity in the world due to threats of organized crime and Islamic State-inspired militants, a global study showed. Read more »

'Culture of impunity' hamon sa mga mamamahayag, ayon sa pag-aaral

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 02:01 AM

Hamon umano sa mga mamamahayag ang culture of impunity, ayon sa pag-aaral ng isang University of the Philippines journalism professor. Read more »

OPINION: The height of impunity

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Jul 13 09:46 PM

Upon orders of President Duterte, Police Chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa said the murderer-cops, led by Police Supt. Marvin Marcos, will be re-instated to the positions they held before they were suspended for the killing of former Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. and his fellow inmate, Raul Yap, in Baybay provincial jail in Leyte on November 5 last year. Read more »

Cops accused in mayor's slay freed on bail

Agence France Presse
Posted at Jun 20 08:47 AM

MANILA - Nineteen Philippine policemen originally charged with murder during President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs have been freed on bail and will be tried for a lesser crime, sparking criticism Monday from rights activists. Read more »

Chito Gascon: Human rights is under assault

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 05 12:57 AM

"We have entered a period of darkness, the sun is gone, night has fallen." Read more »

Students say no to impunity

Voltaire Domingo, NPPA
Posted at Mar 21 11:42 PM

Students join a protest in front of UP Manila-Philippine General Hospital in Manila on Tuesday. Various groups staged mass actions today in Metro Manila ahead of the scheduled peace negotiations between government and the National Democratic Front on 2 April 2017. The groups are protesting alleged continuing human rights violations and militarization under the Duterte administration. Read more »

FVR concerned about impunity, Duterte 'unilateralism'

Reuters
Updated as of Feb 13 01:11 PM

MANILA - A war on drugs in the Philippines has given rise to a culture of impunity and President Rodrigo Duterte is making too many policy decisions without consultation, according to former leader Fidel Ramos. Read more »

Justice for Jee

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 01:53 AM

Activists protest the murder of Korean businessman Jee Ick Joo in front of Camp Crame in Quezon City on Friday. Investigators said Jee was abducted in Pampanga and murdered inside the PNP headquarters. Read more »

South Koreans say prayers for Jee Ick Joo

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 01:52 AM

Members of the Korean Community Association and the Philippine National Police Anti Illegal Drugs Group (PNP-AIDG) on Friday hear mass at the spot where Jee Ick Joo was killed inside Camp Crame. The South Korean community expressed concern for the safety of South Koreans in the Philippines in the wake of Jee's abduction and killing. Read more »