‘Genocidal’ drug war was state-sponsored, UN body told

“Although we couldn’t agree more with the Justice Secretary that the police do not follow protocols in executing the bloody war on drugs, Mr. Guevarra has failed to mention that the justice department is all but an enabler of the widely-criticized war, as it failed to hold the abusive authorities to account. Moreover, Mr. Guevarra didn’t mention that it was no less than President Duterte who encouraged authorities to shoot drug addicts at the expense of human rights,” Fernando Hicap, PAMALAKAYA National Chairperson said in a statement.

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Declare Parlade “persona non grata” in Cavite; fishers’ group to Gov. Remulla

Manila, Philippines – The Spokesperson for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade should be declared as a “persona non grata” or an unwelcome person in the province of Cavite, according to the provincial chapter of the national fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA).

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