Tag: extra-judicial killings

Roque says UN human rights mechanisms are built around sovereignty; notes they won’t work if rapporteurs are “untrustworthy”

(Eagle News) – Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Thursday that United Nations human rights mechanisms were built around sovereignty, and will not work if rapporteurs themselves are “untrustworthy.” Roque issued the statement in response to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein’s criticism of President Rodrigo Duterte,  after the Philippines’ chief executive instructed the police not to cooperate in any human rights investigation. “Hindi ko po dini-dispute na may obligasyon ang gobyerno […]

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Human rights issue may be tackled during Duterte-Trump meeting

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Human rights issues in the Philippines may be a topic for discussion during the meeting between United States President Donald Trump and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, according to reports. The meeting between the two leaders would be held on the sidelines of the 31st Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit next month. Earlier, Trump expressed admiration for President Duterte’s war on illegal drugs. https://youtu.be/9kZLAABSsSc

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President Duterte says he will go after those behind EJKs; tells police not to kill defenseless people

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte admitted that there may have been mistakes committed during his administration’s war against drugs but he said that he cannot allow illegal drugs to continue. “I have mistakes. Faults many. But itong droga will stay. I would like to tell you, that if I do not act decisively, sans ‘yung ano nila na the attacks about extrajudicial killing, of course, we do not like it,” President […]

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Some 40 UNHRC member-countries concerned about drug-related killings, death penalty reimposition in PH

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Several members of the United Nations Human Rights Council expressed grave concern over the alleged incidents of extra-judicial killings in the Philippines, this after Senator Alan Peter Cayetano gave an account of the human rights record of the Philippines before the international body in Geneva, Switzerland. The delegates from the United States and Australia said that it was important that the government look into the alleged 7,000 reported incidents of extra-judicial killings to identify […]

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CHR admits it has no evidence to prove drug killings are state-sponsored

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) admitted that it has no evidence to prove that the killings due to the anti-illegal drug campaign are state-sponsored. “We never said that it was state-sponsored at all,” an official of the CHR on Monday, March 27 said in a CHR-sponsored forum on campaign against narcotics. “There is no such finding that we can conclude that way. But what we can say is […]

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No legal basis to impeach VP Leni Robredo – Liberal Party

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Liberal Party claims there is no legal basis to file an impeachment case against Vice President Leni Robredo. This was the reaction of the Liberal Party, after Speaker of the House of Representatives Pantaleon Alvarez threatened to file an impeachment case against Robredo for her act of sending  a video condemning alleged extra-judicial killings in the country to a United Nations forum. Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, who also […]

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UN investigation sa umano’y EJK sa PHL, malabo na – DFA

  (Eagle News) — Malabo nang matuloy ang pagbisita sa bansa ni United Nations Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard para mag- imbestiga sa umano’y nagaganap na extra judicial killings (EJK) bunsod ng pinaigting na kampanya sa illegal na droga ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Sinabi ni Foreign Affairs Spokesman Charles Jose na ito ay dahil hindi pumapayag si Callamard sa mga kondisyon na una nang inilatag ni Duterte. Matatandaang sinabi ng {angulo na papayag lamang siya na […]

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Lascañas apologizes to Senate, says he was coerced to lie

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News)– Self-proclaimed Davao Death Squad (DDS) and former SPO3 Arturo Lascañas on Monday, March 6 apologized to Senate for his false testimony during the previous Senate hearing regarding the DDS conducted last year. “First, I’d like to ask for an apology and understanding of what I had said when I was invited (by) this honorable committee,” the retired cop said. Lascañas take back his October testimony and alleged that the DDS […]

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Palace to Human Rights Watch: Substantiate your claims

(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella slammed a report released by the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) calling on donor countries to end all assistance to the Philippine National Police (PNP) until the killings stop. “We would advise special interest groups to do their homework more diligently before attempting to engage in propaganda,” Abella said in a statement. He said that the group should present solid evidence and prove their claims in court. […]

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Seguridad ni De Lima, tiniyak ng DOJ

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Tiniyak ng Department of Justice ang seguridad ni Senator Leila De Lima sakaling ipa-aresto siya ng korte sa kasong may kaugnayan sa iligal na droga. Ayon kay Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre, titiyakin nila ang kaligtasan ng mambabatas at hindi ito magiging biktima ng umano’y kaso ng extra judicial killings gaya ng kaniyang pinangangambahan. Pero hindi masabi ni Aguirre kung saang pasilidad ilalagay si De Lima dahil batay pa ito sa […]

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Sen De Lima, nangangambang baka maging biktima siya ng EJK kapag naaresto

By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Hindi pa man naisasampa ang kaso sa korte kaugnay ng pagkakasangkot sa illegal drug trade. Nakahanda na si Senador Leila De Lima sa posibleng pag-aresto sa kanya. Katunayan, naka-empake na raw ang kaniyang maleta na bibitbitin niya oras na maglabas ng arrest warrant ang Korte. Kasama na aniya rito ang kaniyang mga personal na gamit at mga libro na maari niyang basahin habang sya […]

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Senator De Lima on her impending arrest: “Put me in a safe and secure area”

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News)  — Senator Leila De Lima appealed to the government to place her in a “safe and secure” jail if she is arrested, saying that she feared she would be killed while in prison. De Lima claimed many inmates met their demise while in prison under the Duterte administration, so she is appealing that she would not have a similar fate. The senator said she is ready for her impending arrest, […]

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