Kabayan Party-list Rep. Harry Roque warned President Rodrigo Duterte about the possibility that the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague may charge him for the incidents of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) in the war his administration waged against illegal drugs. The ICC was established in 2006 to bring to justice those who are guilty of […] More
On July 24, Philippine Daily Inquirer published an alarming photo of a killing in Pasay City. Lying dead in the arms of his wife was Michael Siaron, victim of an alleged summary execution due to his reported involvement in illegal drugs. The photo, which some observers say is something similar to Pieta (Renaissance sculpture by […] More
The ongoing tally of the number of cases of drug suspects being killed is increasing, but President Rodrigo Duterte says he did not care, amid calls from both local and foreign human rights groups to stop the killings. Duterte, in his speech at the State of Mindanao Environmental Summit at the Ateneo de Davao University […] More
The media are trying to keep track of the number of killings related to drugs in the past few weeks, but it seemed like their figures, as well official government figures, are lower than the number of summary killings to be validated by the authorities, according to Senator Panfilo Lacson. GMA News Online reported that […] More
With the growing number of drug-related killings, human rights lawyers and those who opposed what they deemed as extrajudicial killings have spoken up. Litigation lawyer Raymond Fortun is one of them as he also said his piece on the matter with a Facebook post on August 2. “My heart rejoiced and thanked God today, because […] More
Just moments after their updates on the war against drugs and “Know Your Rights” advisory, two websites were down last Friday, July 29 in what were suspected to be hacking attacks. The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism or PCIJ posted on their social media account how their two websites were attacked and became inaccessible online. […] More