Posted on May 24th, 2021
US Congress resolution against Lanka A matter of significance is the introduction in the US Congress of a bipartisan resolution calling for an international mechanism for crimes committed in Sri Lanka.” It has been moved by Deborah Ross. The resolution says: (1) acknowledges the 12th anniversary of the end of the war in Sri Lanka and offers its deepest condolences to all those affected by the conflict; (2) honours the memory of those who died and reaffirms its solidarity with the people of all communities in Sri Lanka in their search for reconciliation, reconstruction, reparation, and reform; (3) commends the United Nations Human Rights Council for prioritising the collection and preservation of evidence related to human rights violations, a process that must not be interfered with by the Government of Sri Lanka;
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra(PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN)
It aired its call after Guevarra disclosed last Monday, May 25, that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has been allowed access to 61 cases of killings in illegal drugs operations and that policemen involved were found administratively and criminally liable.
Guevarra also said that the DOJ and the PNP will sign an agreement on the investigation of the alleged extra-judicial killings (EJKs) and operations that resulted in deaths to suspects.
In a statement issued by Carlos H. Conde, HRW senior researcher, the group said: “But a mere 61 cases where, in his words, clear liability was established – that is a woefully paltry number considering that more than 7,000 killings by the police have been officially recorded.”
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Originally published on April 27, 2021 3:48 pm
One week ago, people celebrated in the streets of Minneapolis as a judge read the guilty verdicts in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted of murdering George Floyd.
In the days since, the Justice Department announced it would investigate whether the police departments in Minneapolis and Louisville, where Breonna Taylor was killed by police, engage in a pattern or practice of discrimination or excessive force.
But even as advocates and family members of those killed by police welcomed those developments, they said the need for structural change to policing has not disappeared a point underscored, they said, by the police killings of Black people during and since the Chauvin trial in Brooklyn Center, Minn., Columbus, Ohio, and Elizabeth City, N.C.
World condemnation was instantaneous.
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May 25, 2021 THE Philippine National Police (PNP) has given the Department of Justice (DOJ) free access to cases involving deaths linked to the drug war as part of the organization’s intensified cleansing efforts, PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar said.
Eleazar said he and DOJ Secretary Menardo Guevarra signed last week an agreement to intensify their partnership in investigating cases of alleged extrajudicial killings (EJKs).
“I assure our good Justice Secretary that the PNP has no tolerance for rogues, including those who may have committed unjustified killings in the course of anti-illegal drug operations, and that we are serious in cleansing our ranks,” he said.