VERA Files
Foreigners in the country, mostly Chinese, are also getting killed in the bloody war against illegal drugs by the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.
Several times, President Rodrigo Duterte has proudly taken responsibility for the killings in his bloody campaign against illegal drugs. It goes without saying, therefore, that the prosecution of the drug-related killings would have to reach his level.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) thinks it’s doing the Filipino people a favor in allowing the Department of Justice (DOJ) access to records of 61 cases of killings involving police officers in Duterte’s bloody drug war.
As the country grapples with record high numbers in COVID-19 cases that have forced the government to extend the highly-restrictive lockdown in the “NCR Plus” area, drug-related killings have not abated, reaching 186 in the first three months of this year.
Sinabi ng International Criminal Court (ICC) na inaasahan nitong magpasya “sa unang anim na buwan ng taong 2021” kung itutuloy ang pagsisiyasat sa mga hinihinalang krimen laban sa sangkatauhan na ginawa sa giyera kontra iligal na droga ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) said it expects to decide “in the first half of 2021” whether to pursue an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on illegal drugs.
The Netherlands-based International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Tuesday that it has found “reasonable basis to believe” that crimes against humanity were committed in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs campaign.
What’s so important about United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s report released last Thursday on President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s drug war?
It is poetic justice that President Duterte’s brutal drug war, on which he built his presidency, is unraveling not because of the efforts of those who oppose it but because of the greed and impunity of the people that he trusted to carry it out.
If the objective of the #Real Numbers press conference last Thursday organized by the Presidential Communications Operations Office was to clarify about the conflicting numbers related to President Duterte’s drug war, it left us more confused.