Tag: President Rodrigo Duterte
Relatives of ‘drug war’ victims call for Duterte’s disbarment
The complaint accused Duterte of violating the Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability and conduct unbecoming of a lawyer
Speaking truth to power will confound evil
No matter the attempts to downplay mass murder, the perpetrators must be held accountable for their grievous crimes
Duterte offers ‘no apologies, no excuses’ for deadly Philippine drug war
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is investigating allegations that the killings were a state-sanctioned “crime against humanity”
Anti-mining activists killed in alarming numbers under Duterte
What has also continued – despite the killing of environmental defenders like Chad – is the advocacy work of environmental defenders
HRW: Continued abuses undermine Marcos Jr’s human rights rhetoric
“The government’s refusal to allow the ICC to investigate is a glaring contradiction to its professed human rights commitments,” Conde said
A decade of digital repression and resistance in Southeast Asia
As internet use became more widespread, it was also turned into an essential weapon of citizen movements speaking truth to power
Philippine groups hail court’s decision to grant bail petition of jailed...
In a decision dated November 10, Judge Gener Gito allowed former senator Leila de Lima to post bail of 300,000 pesos ($5,350)
Filipino prelate backs ICC probe versus Duterte
Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan said the country “should not hesitate” to let ICC officials investigate
Unfinished business: Philippines’ land reform program
Aging and in their twilight years, farmers interviewed by TFM lament the frustratingly slow land distribution process
Banality of evil
What if evil becomes banal and normal... What if it is clothed in garments of obedience, duty, obligation, purpose, patriotism, or "truth”?