Patricia Lourdes Viray – Philstar.com, April 13, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — Unlawful killings linked to the Duterte administration’s campaign against illegal drugs continue, according to a report from the United States Department of State. The US state department’s 2021 Country Report on Human Rights Practices listed significant human rights issues in the Philippines, including unlawful…
By: Cathrine Gonzales – Reporter / INQUIRER.net / March 29, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — Impunity among perpetrators has provided the breeding ground for extrajudicial killings and human rights violations to flourish in the Philippines under the Duterte administration’s drug war, according to Amnesty International. In its report for 2021 to 2022, the human rights watchdog…
EDITORIAL, Philippine Daily Inquirer /October 20, 2021 What is the state of the Philippines as it prepares for general elections in May 2022? Ain’t pretty, and voters should wonder, unless it takes them for fools, why Malacañang has taken continuity for its theme and, through its candidates, is pushing more of the same for the…
EDITORIAL Philippine Daily Inquirer / March 03, 2021 Can it be that the administration is now seeing the horror of President Duterte’s war on drugs? The video message of Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Feb. 24 to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) suggested as much, appearing to prove that the Philippines’ legal and…