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Duterte’s drug war: Lies and death certificates

Dada Grifon, PCIJ/PCP
Updated as of Jun 13 09:15 PM

Even in death, the State treats victims of extrajudicial killings as mere “collateral damage” in the Duterte administration’s bloody anti-drug war. The families of the victims choose to remember their lost loved ones with dignity, something that was denied of them when their deaths were covered up by falsified death certificates. Read more »

Duterte tells drug traffickers: 'Evil to evil tayo'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 08 09:52 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday he was willing to resort to "evil" to fight the narcotics trade, which he promised to eradicate in 2016.    Read more »

Sen. De Lima, hindi nagulat sa hindi pagpayag ni Duterte na buksan ang drug war records

Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 09:10 PM

Giit ni De Lima, maituturing na anomalya ang paghingi ng Department of Justice ng permiso na imbestigahan ang PNP records.   Read more »

Duterte admin's human rights violations 'incomparable, higher' than previous terms: CHR

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 10:49 AM

The rate and scale of the Duterte administration's human rights violations is "incomparable, higher than other administrations," the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said Thursday, as it lamented how police non-cooperation hindered most of their investigations.  Read more »

Duterte says not all drug war records can be released

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 01 10:09 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte refused to give the justice department access to all police records on anti-drug operations. Read more »

Duterte may babala, paniniguro sa pulisya

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 27 08:29 PM

Binalaan ni Pangulong Duterte ang mga pulis na gagawa ng mali, pero nangakong dedepensahan sila kung nasa tama.  Read more »

In Loving Memory

Lauren Alimondo, PCIJ/PCP
Posted at May 26 05:57 PM

In the last two years, 29 cases of killings and dumping of cadavers in Baguio City and Benguet were probed by the Commission on Human Rights Cordillera. Majority of the cases remained under investigation. After an extensive investigation, the Baguio City Police Office identified the suspects on Dec. 16 as police officers of the Regional Drug Enforcement Unit (RDEU) of Police Regional Office Cordillera. Read more »

Duterte 'appalled' by killings in Negros Oriental: spokesman

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 25 05:52 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte is appalled by a recent string of killings in Negros Oriental province, which he visited this week, Malacañang said on Tuesday.  Read more »

In fight vs EJKs, Filipinos in US, Canada push to move cases forward

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 11:40 PM

US-based Filipino American Human Rights Alliance (FAHRA) and the Global Pinoy Diaspora Canada (GPDC) on Monday launched a fund-raising campaign called “Project EJK Not OK” which aims to crowdsource funding through the website GoFundMe. Read more »

UN 'deeply disturbed' by Brazil slum killings

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 07 08:15 PM

The United Nations voiced alarm Friday at a massive police operation in a Brazilian favela that left more than two dozen people dead, and urged an independent investigation. Read more »

Fortun: Drug war killings have not stopped even during COVID-19 pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 10:38 AM

A forensic pathologist on Tuesday lamented that drug-related killings did not stop while the country grappled with climbing death toll caused by COVID-19.   Read more »

Philippines drops 2 notches in 2021 World Press Freedom Index

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 22 05:05 PM

The Philippines slipped two notches in the 2021 World Press Freedom Index, ranking 138th out of 180 countries, following what it said was the rise of red-tagging and government attacks against local media. Read more »

Russian ministry: Myanmar sanctions could lead to civil war

Reuters
Posted at Apr 07 03:42 AM

Russia said on Tuesday the West risked triggering civil war in Myanmar by imposing sanctions on the military junta that has seized power in a coup, but France said the European Union will step up restrictions on the generals. Read more »

DOJ: Probe into activist killings 'somehow restricted' by ECQ

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 05 06:20 PM

The Department of Justice said on Monday its investigation into the recent killing of several activists was "somehow restricted" by the toughest quarantine level imposed in Metro Manila and four surrounding provinces.  Read more »

Singapore minister pessimistic on Myanmar, says resolution could take time

Reuters
Posted at Mar 30 02:41 AM

Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines have pushed for an urgent high-level meeting on Myanmar and have condemned the crackdown. Read more »

With greater scrutiny on service of warrants, activists fear rise in vigilante-style killings

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 30 02:14 AM

The killing of Dandy Miguel shocked fellow labor activists not just by his brutal death but also because they fear it could mark a shift in the way activists are killed in the region. Read more »

Labor leader patay sa pamamaril sa Calamba

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 29 06:12 PM

Isang lider ng labor group ang pinaslang ng di pa kilalang mga salarin sa Calamba, Laguna nitong Linggo, ilang linggo matapos ang karumaldumal na "Bloody Sunday" na ikinamatay ng 9 aktibista sa Southern Tagalog region. Read more »

Rights expert Agnes Callamard named new Amnesty chief

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 29 05:57 PM

Amnesty International announced on Monday it had appointed global human rights expert Agnes Callamard as its new secretary general with immediate effect. Read more »

Solon files bill to rename bridge in Calbayog City after slain mayor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 05:26 PM

Samar Rep. Edgar Sarmiento has filed a bill seeking to rename a bridge in Calbayog City after mayor who was slain there. Read more »

World not tough enough on Myanmar crisis: UN expert

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 26 05:53 AM

GENEVA - The world's response to the Myanmar crisis has been too sluggish and far from tough enough to prevent further deterioration, the UN expert on rights in the country said Thursday. Read more »