Tag: Philippines drug war

Archbishop Charles Brown, papal nuncio to the Philippines, met with some widows and orphans of victims of the government's "drug war"

The NCCP said the decision of the ICC prosecutor is “a step closer to ... bringing justice to the kith and kin of those who were killed”

The religious leaders said an investigation into the killings is “a source of hope that those responsible will be held accountable”

“If [the Duterte administration] did nothing wrong, the investigation will show," said Bishop Broderick Pabillo of Manila

Rights groups, however, warn of 'another tokenistic and cynical mirage, a puny, even if sincere, desire at real institutional reforms'

"Even if justice seems to be elusive for now, we will not lose hope that one day, someday, we will attain it"

If you want to know how bad presumption of guilt is, try living life presuming everyone as guilty of some crime

All that budget and training and all we get are poor excuses for peace officers

Duterte's spokesman, Harry Roque said De Lima had no reason to celebrate because she remains in jail

The report noted that the human rights situation in the Philippines worsened as the government imposed strict lockdown measures