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Reject the Reimposition of the Death Penalty; end the culture of violence and impunity
Tuesday, 31 January 2017 | Statement
Congress’ priority legislation is reinstating Capital Punishment in the country. The bill was railroaded through the House Committee on Justice last December and will be debated at the plenary sessions this week. International legal experts, human rights advocates and church leaders vowed to oppose the bill, saying it was abandoned in 1987 and 2006 for a reason: death penalty never solved the…
Martial Law Threats Unnecessary, Inflammatory, Divisive
Sunday, 15 January 2017 | Statement
President Duterte’s willingness to proclaim martial law “if the drug problem becomes virulent” contradicts his police chief’s pronouncement last September that the war on drugs is winning, with PNP Chief de la Rosa himself claiming that Operations “Oplan Tokhang” and “Oplan Double Barrel Alpha” have reduced the supply of drugs by some 80-90 percent.
We are not safe in the war on drugs
Monday, 19 December 2016 | Statement
It is hardly surprising that 78% of Filipinos worried about being victimized in the government's war on drugs, regardless whether they are actual drug users. Given President Duterte's confession of personally killing suspects, commitment to kill drug suspects until the end of his term, promising pardon for police who kill during operations, enforcing death penalty on 6 convicts daily and…
Defend the Right to Life, Resist Institutionalised Violence
Friday, 9 December 2016 | Statement
International Human Rights Day , December 10, 2016
Global Day of Action in Defense of the Right to Life
Friday, 9 December 2016 | Statement
In response to President Rodrigo Duterte’s blatant attack on human rights, continuing and rampant killings, railroading of death bills (bills to restore death penalty and lowering of the age of criminal liability), ordering the Marcos Burial in LNMB, sexist attack on women, while failing to fulfill campaign promises like end of ENDO, genuine FOI and the lack of decisive programs to end poverty…