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Tag: drug war

  • Photo 1 fr flavie.jpg
    Categories Editor's Pick News

    Fr. Flavie: Documenting exhumation is history in the making

    By Jasmine Grace Wenzel
    Photos by Raffy Lerma
      |  Apr 16, 2022 8:03 AM

    As leases expire after five years, it affects victims of the ‘war on drugs’ – which Amnesty International has called a ‘war on the poor’ with heightened urgency.

    drug war, war on the poor

  • Families relive the horrors of Duterte’s drug war
    Categories Editor's Pick News

    Families relive the horrors of Duterte’s drug war

    By Jasmine Grace Wenzel. Photos by Raffy Lerma  |  Apr 13, 2022 2:41 PM

    In 78 days, President Rodrigo Duterte will be out of Malacañang but his legacy of death, blood, and misery will be felt not only by the families of those killed but also by a society that witnessed the brutality and, in a way, allowed it. Berlin-based Jasmine Grace Wenzel shares with VERA Files her interview with photographer Raffy Lerma as well as the photos he took as he continues to document the unending horrors of Duterte’s drug war.

    drug war, Duterte administration

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    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Panelo repeats wrong claim that ICC has ‘no jurisdiction’ to probe Duterte’s drug war

    By VERA Files  |  Apr 08, 2022 11:00 PM

    For at least the second time, senatorial candidate Salvador Panelo repeated a wrong claim that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has “no jurisdiction” to investigate alleged crimes against humanity associated with President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.

    drug war, Duterte, ICC jurisdiction, salvador panelo

  • 033022 FAKE Robredo drug war quote_WEB copy.png
    Categories FACT CHECK PHL Vote 2022

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE quote card of Robredo saying drug war must be ‘discontinued’ revived

    By VERA Files  |  Apr 01, 2022 6:15 PM

    No official statements or news reports quoted Robredo saying this.

    drug war, Leni Robredo

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    Categories Editor's Pick News

    Duterte’s drug war killings rise in Year 2 of the pandemic

    By Nixcharl C. Noriega and Larah Vinda Del Mundo  |  Jan 20, 2022 12:56 PM

    Even as the country grappled with new strains of Covid-19 last year, the Duterte government’s drug war continued to claim more lives at the average rate of three deaths every two days.

    covid-19PH, drug war, Duterte, Pandemic

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    Categories News

    ICC prosecutor: Gov’t request to defer drug war probe must be backed with ‘substantial’ evidence

    By Ivel John M. Santos  |  Nov 25, 2021 4:02 PM

    The International Criminal Court (ICC) has clarified that its decision to suspend temporarily its investigation into the government’s controversial drug war does not have “blanket or general effect” on the probe.

    drug war, ICC, International Criminal Court

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    Categories News

    Lawyers’ groups ask ICC to dismiss Duterte govt’s ‘paper-thin’ claims on drug war ‘remedies’

    By Ivel John M. Santos  |  Nov 20, 2021 3:27 PM

    Describing as “paper-thin” the government’s claim that it is investigating alleged crimes against humanity related to the Duterte administration’s war on drugs, two lawyers’ groups urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to allow the office of Prosecutor Karim Khan to continue with its probe.

    drug war, ICC, International Criminal Court

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    Categories News

    Continuing, severe rights abuses still ‘disturb’ UN High Commissioner

    By Ivel John M. Santos  |  Oct 08, 2021 5:43 PM

    United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN OHCHR) Michelle Bachelet said on Thursday that she “remains disturbed” over reports of “continuing and severe” human rights violations across the Philippines despite the government’s claims that it is addressing the issue.

    drug war, human rights violation, Philippines, UN OHCHR, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

  • thumbnail_fc-duterte-icc-drug-war_pcoo-pix.jpg
    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sa loob ng dalawang minuto, Duterte kinontra ang sarili sa imbestigasyon ng ICC sa drug war

    By VERA Files  |  Oct 07, 2021 11:16 AM

    Sa kanyang paglabas sa Talk to the People noong Okt. 4, ipinahiwatig ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na sinimulan na niyang pag-aralan ang kanyang kinabukasan sa labas ng Malacanang.

    drug war, Duterte, ICC, International Criminal Court

  • thumbnail_fc-duterte-icc-drug-war_pcoo-pix.jpg
    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte contradicts self within two minutes on ICC drug war probe

    By VERA Files  |  Oct 07, 2021 10:50 AM

    In his Talk to the People appearance on Oct. 4, President Rodrigo Duterte said he “will prepare for (his) defense” in the impending investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on human rights abuses associated with his campaign against illegal drugs.

    drug war, Duterte, ICC, International Criminal Court

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