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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Zubiri mali ang sinabing walang mga pagpatay na may kinalaman sa droga sa ilalim ng Marcos admin

By VERA Files | Nov 16, 2022 2:51 PM

Pinabubulaanan ang ulat ng komite ng United Nations (UN) tungkol sa pagpapatuloy ng extrajudicial killings sa Pilipinas, sinabi ni Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri na wala siyang narinig o nakikitang anumang pagpatay, partikular sa mga hinihinalang pusher ng droga, sa ilalim ng bagong administrasyon.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Zubiri falsely claims no drug-related killings under Marcos admin

By VERA Files | Nov 16, 2022 2:51 PM

Contrary to Zubiri’s claim, the Philippine National Police reported on Nov. 14 that 46 deaths occurred in 18,505 anti-drug operations since the Marcos administration assumed power on June 30. The police claimed the 46 individuals killed were suspects who resisted arrest.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: UN body DID NOT ‘defend’ Duterte’s war on drugs nor ‘slam’ his critics

By VERA Files | Oct 14, 2020 9:59 AM

The UN Human Rights Council did not declare that Duterte’s campaign against illegal drugs “broke no laws.”

Duterte, EJKs, UN Human Rights Council, UN OHCHR

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Duterte’s drug war worsens from war vs. poor to war vs. human rights — rights group

By Jil Danielle Caro | Sep 24, 2019 5:32 PM

PhilRights said there is enough evidence to conclude that the drug war “has resulted in gross and interrelated human rights violations that extended to the families and communities of those who have been killed.”

EJKs, Human rights, War on drugs

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Human rights violations were publicly mentioned in ASEAN, contrary to Duterte’s claim

By VERA FILES | Nov 20, 2017 7:37 PM

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: ‘Extra-legal’ and ‘extrajudicial’ killings, explained

By VERA FILES | Nov 14, 2017 2:23 PM

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Remembering human rights abuses on Holy Week

By Photos by Daniel Abunales, text by Luz Rimban | Apr 14, 2017 8:56 PM

While the country marked Holy Week, members of human rights groups called on relatives of those killed in the government’s war against drugs to share their stories as a way of easing the pain of loss.

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Mourning the lack of collective outrage

Oct 31, 2016 7:32 AM

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS EVERY Undas or All Souls Day (Nov. 2) when Filipinos troop to cemeteries to remember departed loved ones, I always think of the families […]

All Souls Day, EJKs, Human rights, Rodrigo Duterte