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DOJ’s review of the drug war’s extrajudicial executions veils truth on Duterte’s central policy of killing
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Saturday, 23 October 2021 | Statement
Back in April 2019, the Supreme Court ordered the Solicitor General to release to petitioners, all records of extrajudicial killings related to the government’s war on drugs. It turned down the appeal of the Solicitor General to keep the files with the government for reasons of national security. The petitioners-FLAG and CENTERLAW, should have received the records of at least five thousand cases…![]()
Pagpupugay at pasasalamat sa buhay na inialay sa pagtatanggol ng karapatang pantao
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Saturday, 9 October 2021 | Statement
Nagluluksa ang iDEFEND kabilang ang komunidad ng mga human rights defenders sa biglang pagyao ng Chairperson ng Commission on Human Rights na si José Luis Martín C. Gascón. Kilala bilang Chair Chito, saksi ang iDEFEND sa kanyang dakilang buhay at paninindigan para sa kalayaan, demokrasya at karapatang pantao. Nakakadalo siya sa ating general assembly upang makipagtalakayan sa mga usapin ng ating…![]()
iDEFEND reiterates its call for an independent international investigation into the Philippines
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Thursday, 7 October 2021 | Statement
The bloody war on drugs by the Duterte regime has reached global infamy, and counts as the one of the world’s most miserably failed anti-drug campaigns. International and national human rights organizations have sounded the alarm on the worsening human rights situation in the Philippines amid repeated appeals to the government to adopt an alternative, rights based national drug policy.
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Accountability looms for Duterte and his war on drugs
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Thursday, 16 September 2021 | Statement
The decision of the Pre Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court to allow the Office of the Prosecutor to proceed with formally investigating the Philippine situation removes all doubt as to the gravity of the crimes committed by President Duterte’s anti-drug campaign. Duterte along with his co-accused henchmen of the war on drugs will be facing justice, and the relatives of victims…
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Victims and their families will engage a justice system that they can trust- iDEFEND
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Monday, 30 August 2021 | Statement
The statements given by the victims and their families clearly demonstrate that these brave souls have not been silenced, and they continue to seek accountability if they are genuinely seen and heard. The evidence they can provide would be vital in any independent investigation and possible prosecution.
