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Tag: War on drugs

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    Categories News

    Philippine government will not cooperate with ICC; Duterte ‘no reaction’ on impending probe

    By Ivel John M. Santos  |  Sep 16, 2021 7:22 PM

    Top Malacañang officials blasted the International Criminal Court (ICC) for violating the country’s “sovereignty” after it greenlighted the launch of a full-blown investigation into President Rodrigo Duterte’s controversial “war on drugs.”

    Duterte, ICC, International Criminal Court, War on drugs

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    Duterte won’t cooperate in ICC probe of drug war

    By BLANCH ANCLA and ENRICO BERDOS  |  Jun 15, 2021 9:24 PM

    President Rodrigo Duterte “will never cooperate” with the International Criminal Court in the event its Pre-Trial Chamber grants the request of Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda for investigation of the administration’s war on drugs campaign, Palace Spokesman Harry Roque said on Tuesday, June 15.

    Duterte, ICC, War on drugs

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    Categories Editor's Pick News

    The PNP Chiefs’ Scorecard on the War on Drugs; “Bato” Tops in the Number of Kills

    By Nixcharl C. Noriega and Jamaica Jian G. Gacoscosim  |  Feb 07, 2021 9:28 AM

    On January 31, 2021, Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa told the press that he was optimistic he will soon have a new US visa. A year earlier, he confirmed to the media that his US visa was canceled. Neither he nor the US embassy in Manila said why and when it happened. The senator surmised that his role in Pres. Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war may have been the reason behind it.

    Bato de la Rosa, War on drugs

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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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    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Update sa paunang pagsusuri ng ICC sa giyera kontra droga, ipinaliwanag

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 06, 2019 6:58 PM

    Sinabi ng International Criminal Court (ICC) noong Dis. 5 na “nais nitong wakasan” sa 2020 ang paunang pagsusuri nito sa mga umano’y krimen laban sa sangkatauhan na isinagawa ng gobyernong Duterte kaugnay ng giyera laban sa iligal na droga.

    Duterte, ICC, War on drugs

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    Categories Editor's Pick FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: ICC’s preliminary examination update on drug war, explained

    By VERA FILES  |  Dec 06, 2019 5:06 PM

    Here are three things you need to know about the ICC’s 2019 report.

    Duterte, ICC, War on drugs

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    Categories News

    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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    Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Angara’s claim that Filipinos ‘feel safer’ contradicts recent poll

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 18, 2019 4:27 PM

    Latest survey results by an independent pollster do not support Angara’s claim.

    fear of unsafe streets, Pulse Asia, Sonny Angara, SWS, War on drugs

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    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ikatlong taong giyera laban sa droga, Duterte binago na naman ang bilang ng mga adik sa bawal na gamot

    By VERA FILES  |  Jun 03, 2019 1:59 PM

    Hindi pinatutunayan ng mga opisyal na tala ang kanyang pahayag.

    Duterte, War on drugs

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    Categories 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

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