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Sandatahang Dahas notes alarming increase of brutality by state agents
By Aidrielle Raymundo
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Dec 22, 2025
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In its penultimate month of monitoring for 2025, Sandatahang Dahas recorded an alarming increase of state agents exercising their means for brutality beyond what can be considered justifiable scenarios. This brings into question the principle of “maximum tolerance,” and whether state forces actually abide by this like they are instructed to do. As the year comes to a close, Sandatahang Dahas will continue monitoring incidents of state-related violence, especially as we have noted an increase in violence between state agents and anti-insurgency operations for November.
VERA Files’ Celine Samson: Avoid overreliance on AI-detection tools
By VERA Files
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Dec 8, 2025
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Celine Samson, head of VERA Files online verification, was at the JournalismAI Festival 2025 in London last month where she shared insights about VERA Files’ use of artificial intelligence in combatting disinformation.
Meet SEEK, our AI chatbot built on 17 years of reporting
By VERA Files
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Nov 30, 2025
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SEEK is VERA Files' AI chatbot. Think of it as having a research partner who's read everything we've ever published since 2008.
Sandatahang Dahas monitors another sexual molestation case vs 2 GenSan cops in October
By Aaliyah Nicole C. Ybera and LJ T. Meriño
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Nov 26, 2025
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Another case of General Santos City police officers abusing women in their custody happened in October, two months after a similar crime was committed in the same city, monitoring by Sandatahang Dahas revealed.
Disturbing increase of rape of women, one a minor, by state forces reported
By LJ T. Meriño and Aaliyah Nicole C. Ybera
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Nov 1, 2025
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Two cases of rape committed by police officers against a female detainee and a teenage girl in September reveal disturbing increase in incidents involving persons tasked to protect them.
