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April 9, 2020April 12, 2020

Philippines: Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the Duterte government is cracking down on dissent

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As the Philippines struggles to control their rapidly-increasing COVID-19 cases, the Duterte administration is taking advantage of a distracted nation by trampling on their

San Roque demonstrators arrested by the Philippine National Police. Photo by Mariel Guerrero for Pinoy Weekly.

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April 3, 2020April 5, 2020

Philippines: No security measures can trump the basic human instinct to survive

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On the 1st of April, dozens of residents from Sitio San Roque in Quezon City staged a demonstration asking for food assistance from their