VERA Files
Tama bang isakripisyo si De Lima para lang hindi magalit si Duterte? Ngayong linggo, pakinggan ang komentaryo ni Christian Esguerra sa VERA Files.
During the 136th session of the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva last Oct. 11, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla reiterated the government’s position that the International Criminal Court (ICC) “has ceased having jurisdiction” over the Philippines. This lacks context.
Sa ika-136 na sesyon ng United Nations Human Rights Committee sa Geneva noong Oktubre 11, muling iginiit ni Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla ang posisyon ng gobyerno na ang International Criminal Court (ICC) ay “nawalan na ng hurisdiksyon” sa Pilipinas. Ito ay kulang sa konteksto.
Apart from unmasking the existence of the Davao Death Squad, self-confessed hitman Edgar Matobato had also introduced the name of Arturo Lascañas. In the private interview he gave after Rodrigo Duterte had won the presidency in 2016, when he was no longer in the Department of Justice’s Witness Protection Program, Matobato described the dominance that Lascañas had enjoyed in the DDS hierarchy.
Nakaliligaw ang pahayag ng video blogger (vlogger) na si Byron Cristobal, ang Duterte at Marcos supporter na mas kilala bilang Banat By, na ang resolusyon ng United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) na nanawagan para sa pagpapabuti ng sitwasyon ng karapatang pantao sa Pilipinas ay patunay na walang extrajudicial killings sa bansa.
Video blogger (vlogger) Byron Cristobal, a Duterte and Marcos supporter better known as Banat By, misleadingly claimed that the adoption of a resolution calling for the improvement of the human rights situation in the Philippines by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) proved there were no extrajudicial killings in the country.
Without explaining or apologizing, the state-run news agency replaced the headline and the entire text of what used to be an article entitled “95 nations in 3rd UPR convinced no EJKs in PHL.
The story of a self-confessed killer is what lawyers hope will convince the International Criminal Court (ICC) that allegations of mass murder brought against President Rodrigo Duterte have firsthand basis.
First, it was 7,000. Now, the disputed body count in the war on drugs has been raised further to 8,000 by no less than Vice President Leni Robredo’s legal adviser, former Akbayan Representative Ibarra Gutierrez.
(Quote on immunity from suits starts at 17:40 mins) By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS In many of his speeches , President Rodrigo Duterte flaunts his immunity from suits as an armor amid mounting concerns about the extra-judicial killings in his campaign against illegal drugs. In a speech before troops at Camp Gen. Macario B. Peralta, […]