21. April 2021 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News
The new House Bill 7814 which has been passed on March 2, 2021, according to which suspects regardless of their actual involvement can be detained for being allegedly involved in drug trade, is being harshly criticized by leftist lawmakers. They claim the new law is...
21. April 2021 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
After the massacre known as the “Bloody Sunday” there has been increasing pressure on the Supreme Court (SC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) in regards to the issuing and handling of search warrants. Human rights advocates are asking for clear rules...
21. April 2021 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News
Investigations on police violence in the context of the so-called war on drugs conducted by the Philippine Commission of Human Rights (CHR) have shown that the police deliberately killed suspects. For this report, 3300 extrajudicial killings in Metro Manila, Central...
21. April 2021 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights News
Update June 2021: The National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) released a report on April 26 with newly analyzed figures. In the last decade, a total of 176 attacks on lawyers were recorded, including 73 murders, the vast majority of which – 54 fatal...
10. March 2021 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News
Update June 2021: In the course of the “rescue operation” of February 15, seven people (3 students, 2 teachers and 2 community leaders [referred to as “datu” in indigenous Lumad communities in Mindanao]) were arrested, which is now referred to as the “Bakwit School 7”...
29. January 2021 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News
After four years of enormous efforts the Philippine Commission of Human rights (CHR) has finally been granted access to nearly 2000 files of killings caused by state security forces through the “War on drugs”. These files merely account for 24% of the...
