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...
16. December 2020 | Human Rights News, "War on Drugs", International Institutions
The International Criminal Court ICC has been investigating the human rights violations in the Philippines since the opening of preliminary investigations of the killings by police in the context of the so-called war on drugs in February 2018 by ICC’s chief...
16. December 2020 | Human Rights News, "War on Drugs"
While his family and friends mourn the death of slain Mayor Cesar Perez President Duterte claims that he had nothing to do with the so called “narco-list” which is believed to be responsible for Perez’ death. The “narco-list” is a list...
10. November 2020 | "War on Drugs", Human Rights News
Amid the pandemic, it has been difficult to document human rights violations in the context of the so-called war on drugs. People who would usually do so when they hear about a case of extrajudicial killing by taking photographs or interviewing the families of the...
