ICC could no longer probe Duterte’s war on illegal drugs
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Kristine Joy Patag – Philstar.comNovember 9, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Three years since the Sandiganbayan’s guilty verdict on former Rep. Imelda Marcos (Ilocos Norte), a group of Martial Law victims appealed to Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo to “affirm” the graft conviction of the wife of the late dictator. Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at…
The Lumad group Pasaka denounced another round of false reporting in local news that a third Lumad died in their UCCP Haran sanctuary and was secretly buried in the Wireless Cemetery.
The concomitant and worsening assaults (including extrajudicial killings) on fundamental human rights have subjected marginalized people to extreme physical, biological, psychological and social stress and have repeatedly been forced to be displaced from their land, homes, crops and other means of survival. Under these circumstances, infectious disease epidemics, like measles, and other serious health problems…
Maria Karlene Shawn I. Cabaraban At 13, she wore a bright yellow shirt on her first day of high school. Inside the school’s covered courts, hundreds of new students like her wore the same expressions of nervous anticipation. She felt like a stranger among them, a girl from Malaybalay City who had gotten an academic…
“It is sad because they are prioritizing the ‘squabble over the pork-laden budget’ rather than ensuring that government is providing fast and reliable public services.” By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – As the first quarter of the year ends with government employees still not receiving their mandated wage hike, the Confederation for Unity, Recognition and…
Karapatan chided Duterte in his speech referring to human rights issues during his 3rd State of the Nation as “mere rhetoric, meant to appease public outrage over rights violations.” “Duterte’s take on human rights vis-à-vis human lives just emphasized how oblivious he is on the subject. This is expected from someone infamous for rights violations…