The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) chief prosecutor said on Monday that there is “reasonable basis to believe” the Philippines has committed crimes against humanity in connection with President Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called war on drugs operation.
Fatou Bensouda’s office, in its annual report, said those crimes included murder, torture, infliction of serious physical injury and mental harm. They took place between July 1, 2016 and March 16, 2019.
The ICC prosecutor’s office has been examining the Philippines’ case since 2018, focusing in particular on allegations that Duterte and other government officials have actively promoted and encouraged the killing of suspected drug users and dealers, as well as claims that law enforcement officials and unidentified assailants have carried out thousands of unlawful killings in the Philippines.
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You Are Here:Home → 2020 → December → 15 → Media watchdogs, UP community press for journalist’s freedom
Media watchdogs, UP community press for journalist’s freedom
By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN
MANILA – International media organizations and the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication joined the call for the immediate release of journalist Lady Ann Salem from detention.
In a statement, Shawn Crispin, senior Southeast Asia representative of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said, “Authorities should immediately release journalist Lady Ann Salem, drop any pending charges in her case, and stop harassing journalists for bogus weapons violations.”
Salem, along with labor organizer Rodrigo Esparago, was arrested December 10 during a police raid in her home in Mandaluyong City. She was charged with illegal possession of firearms and explosives. Salem belied police’s claims, saying, “We had our backs turned for about
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Manila, Dec 16 (efe-epa).- The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has found a “reasonable basis” to believe crimes against humanity have been committed in the Philippines during the war on drugs (WoD) launched by President Rodrigo Duterte.
“The Office (of the Prosecutor) is satisfied that information available provides a reasonable basis to believe that the crimes against humanity of murder (article 7(1)(a)), torture (article 7(1)(f)) and the infliction of serious physical injury and mental harm as other inhumane Acts (article 7(1)(k)) were committed on the territory of the Philippines 48 between at least 1 July 2016 and 16 March 2019, in connection to the WoD campaign launched throughout the country,” ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said in a report published on Tuesday, Manila time.
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You Are Here:Home → 2020 → December → 14 → Groups appeal for international probe on ‘crackdown on activists’
Groups appeal for international probe on ‘crackdown on activists’
December 14, 2020
Relatives and friends of the seven human rights defenders arrested on Dec. 10 call for the immediate release of their loved ones in a press conference, Dec. 14 at the Commission on Human Rights. (Photo by RVO/Bulatlat)Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said the domestic remedies are no longer enough, noting the trend of police “planting evidence” with impunity.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
MANILA – Colleagues of the seven human rights defenders arrested on Dec. 10 appealed to the international community to look into what they called as “crackdown on activists.”