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(Eagle News)—Newly installed United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet slammed the Philippines’ drug war, saying it was “not a good model” for any country. In her address before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Bachelet noted what she said was the drug campaign’s “lack of respect for rule of law and international standards,” and the “27000” people who she said may have been killed based on “several sources.” “Only one case, a […]
(Eagle News)—The Palace on Thursday, Feb. 28, denied the government was waging a war on human rights defenders. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement as he slammed the Observatory of Human Rights Defenders report that said the Duterte administration “has taken measures that have actively contributed to an increasingly hostile environment for human rights defenders.” According to Panelo, the allegations in the report were “a rehash of the old issues thrown against the administration.” “One […]
(Eagle News) — A total of 5,176 drug personalities were killed in the war on drugs from July 1, 2016 to January 31, 2019. In a press conference, the Philippine National Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said 170,689 drug suspects were arrested in the 119,841 anti-illegal drugs operations conducted since President Rodrigo Duterte assumed the post. Based on the government’s figures, P19.4 billion worth of shabu was seized in January 2019 alone, an increase […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday, Feb. 20, said the number of illegal drug users in the country decreased because they were killed under the administration’s drug war. “..Their number reduced because you did the most simplistic, most ruthless and most barbaric option there is: you had your countrymen killed even on mere suspicion of drug use,” Trillanes said, referring to President Rodrigo Duterte. It was Trillanes who helped file a communication against Duterte […]
(Eagle News)—The Philippine National Police on Sunday, Feb. 17, welcomed the results of a Social Weather Stations survey that showed 66 percent of Filipinos believe the number of drug users in their areas has decreased. According to Senior Supt. Bernard Banac, PNP spokesperson, the high rating obtained proves that the continuing anti-illegal drugs campaign of the government is effective in convincing drug dependents to refrain from further using illegal drugs..” He said it also proves […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador declared the country’s war on drugs over Wednesday, saying his government would no longer prioritize using the army to capture cartel kingpins. However, critics questioned the announcement, pointing out that the leftist president has not taken the army off the streets as he pledged during his campaign, and is proposing the creation of a national guard that opponents say would permanently militarize the country. […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Friday, Jan. 18, branded as “remarkable in ignorance and bias” the report of a United States-based non-government organization that said the Philippines was a “war zone in disguise.” “Not having presented any proof that it has conducted factual investigation in the country as to the conditions obtaining, it is reasonable to believe that its conclusions (are) based on allegations made by groups that are hopelessly and blindly critical of the Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday, Jan. 16, hailed President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war anew, saying it should serve as “an example” to the whole world. “The war against crime and drugs carried out by you is an example to the whole world and personal to me. Drug menace is rampant in my country and I feel that we should follow your footsteps to control this hazard,” Sirisena said during the state banquet […]
(Eagle News)—The administration’s drug war sees no political nor social status, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement on Sunday, Jan. 6, after a former Maguindanao mayor was killed in an anti-drug operation. “Regardless of the social and political status of persons involved and /or engaged in the illegal drug industry, the same fate will necessarily befall them if they resist arrest and shoot it out with the arresting officers,” Panelo said. According to […]
(Eagle News) – The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensourda, said that her office will continue to conduct its examination of the situation in the Philippines, even if the country had already initiated action to withdraw from the Rome Statute. In her annual report on preliminary examination activities for year 2018, the Philippines was listed as among the countries in which the ICC had opened preliminary examinations. The report covers the period […]
(Eagle News) — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Thursday, Nov. 29, hailed the conviction of three policemen by a Caloocan court for the murder of Kian delos Santos, saying it shows, among others, that “justice is blind.” It “does not distinguish whether one is in a position of authority or not,” Año said, following the Caloocan Regional Trial Court Branch 125’s decision to sentence P03 Arnel Oares and P01 Jeremias Pereda and Jerwin Cruz to reclusion perpetua […]
(Eagle News) — Several senators hailed on Thursday, Nov. 30, the decision of a Caloocan court to convict three policemen for the murder of Kian Delos Santos. “Ngayong umaga, nagwagi ang hustisya.. Isang pagpapatunay na totoo ang karahasan ng ilang myembro ng kapulisan. Isang pagpapatunay na nagsisinungaling ang ilang alagad ng batas,” Senator Francis Pangilinan said in a statement issued after Branch 125 Rodolfo Azucena sentenced to reclusion perpetua P03 Arnel Oares, P01 Jerwin Cruz and […]
