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Tag: human rights in the Philippines

Jonel Nuezca Philippine National Police Rodrigo Duterte war on drugs impunity
The Philippines 
December 21, 2020

How President Duterte encouraged a culture of impunity within the Philippine National Police

Posted By: Louie Encabo 2003 Views featured, human rights in the Philippines, jonel nuezca, philippine national police, rodrigo duterte, war on drugs

The Philippine National Police (PNP) have – at times – acted as the judge, jury, and executioner in President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign against criminality.

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Ferdinand Marcos Imelda Marcos Martial Law Escalante Massacre
The Philippines 
September 20, 2019

We should never forget the horrors of Ferdinand Marcos’ dictatorship

Posted By: Louie Encabo 7383 Views bongbong marcos, campaign against the return of the marcoses and martial law - carmma, featured, ferdinand marcos, human rights in the Philippines, imee marcos, imelda marcos, martial law

On the 21st of September 1972, Filipinos remember the declaration of martial law by then President Ferdinand Marcos. It is an occasion to remind

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The Philippines 
June 20, 2019June 20, 2019

War on human rights groups: Four activists killed in three days

Posted By: Louie Encabo 842 Views featured, human rights in the Philippines, Memorandum Order no. 32, Oplan Kapayapaan, rodrigo duterte, war on activists

Further evidence of the Duterte administration’s desire to purge government critics is the bloody military operation known as “Oplan Kapayapaan” (OK; Operation Peace). Led

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