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Drug war victims dare Marcos: Probe Duterte, Dela Rosa for ‘tokhang’ killings

By Ivel John M. Santos | Jul 21, 2023 7:22 PM

If the Philippine government refuses to cooperate with an international inquiry of the bloody “Tokhang” operations during the Duterte administration, then it should undertake an investigation of the alleged role of former president Rodrigo Duterte to show it is not protecting perpetrators of crimes against humanity and other atrocities. The demand for a probe came […]

Ferdinand Marcos Jr., ICC, International Criminal Court, Rise up for Life and for Rights, Rodrigo Duterte, tokhang, War on drugs

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Lack of justice compounds pain of palit-katawan victims

By Mary Ann Manahan, Jean Enriquez, and Janica Rosales | Mar 03, 2023 10:37 PM

Victimized many times over, the pain and the trauma of the women who were subjected to palit-katawan (rape-for-freedom) in the time of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s tokhang cut very deep.

Palit-katawan, tokhang

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PNP cleansing, seryoso ba?

By Christian Esguerra | Jan 07, 2023 9:31 AM

Dapat panagutin ‘yung mga pulis na walang habas na pumatay dahil sa drug war.

Benhur Abalos, Philippine National Police, tokhang, War on drugs

Commentary

‘Ridiculous,’ SC says on drug war records as ‘national security’

By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Jun 06, 2021 10:35 PM

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.

Duterte drug war, tokhang

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Bato: PNP should have done ‘internal cleansing’ before launching drug war

By ROBY ALAMPAY | Aug 17, 2020 2:00 PM

Four years into President Duterte’s War on Drugs – and three years since the death of Caloocan teen Kian delos Santos – Mr. Duterte’s first top cop, then-PNP Chief and now senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, admits: the controversial, bloody war should have started with an “internal cleansing,” targeting “scalawag” members of the police.

tokhang, War on drugs

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No let up in ‘Tokhang’ even during lockdown

By Jamaica Jian G. Gacoscosim and Nixcharl C. Noriega | May 18, 2020 6:23 AM

On April 1, 2020, around 10:30 p.m., Ronald Cumayas, 38, a volunteer, was manning the quarantine checkpoint of Barangay Bagong Silangan in Quezon City when he was fatally shot by four gunmen on board two motorcycles.

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Caloocan communities rise up vs Tokhang as killings continue

By Mong Palatino | Feb 05, 2020 5:59 PM

The number of drug-related killings in Caloocan is lower (373 deaths, based on a study by Ateneo School of Government) compared with the number of fatalities in Quezon City (400) and Manila (463) as of June 2018 (Ateneo School of Government 2018, 16). Yet, Caloocan is consistently touted as the ‘ground zero’ of Tokhang killings.

Caloocan, tokhang

FACT CHECK News

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: 3 years into drug war, Duterte again revises drug addict count

By VERA FILES | May 29, 2019 4:43 PM

Official records do not bear out his claim.

Duterte, tokhang, War on drugs

News

VERA FILES AT 10: In Payatas, cops do house-to-house drug testing

By Luz Rimban | Apr 27, 2018 6:20 PM

What would you do if a group of policemen showed up at your doorstep and asked you to pee into a plastic cup for an on-the-spot drug test that could reveal whether or not you had taken shabu or marijuana in the last seven days?

payatas, tokhang, vera files at 10, War on drugs

OFW Luzviminda Siapno,mother of Tokhang victim, petitions Netflix not o show Amo. Photo from change.org.jpg

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Mother of tokhang victim petitions Netflix not to show ‘Amo’

By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Apr 09, 2018 7:01 AM

There’s a petition going around online addressed to Netflix to stop the April 9 showing of the TV series “Amo” about the brutal war against illegal drugs being waged by President Rodrigo Duterte.

Amo, Brillante Mendoza, duterteantidrugs, Netflix, tokhang