Ang Mga Kriminal
Members of Sikad perform Romulo Sandoval's 1977 poem, 'Ang Mga Kriminal' (The Criminals) during a protest action against Duterte's war on drugs, Sept. 13 in Manila.
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Members of Sikad perform Romulo Sandoval's 1977 poem, 'Ang Mga Kriminal' (The Criminals) during a protest action against Duterte's war on drugs, Sept. 13 in Manila.
In a symbolic action in Manila on Sept. 19, members of urban poor group Kadamay and artists' group Resbak portrayed themselves as victims of Duterte's war on drugs and burn an effigy of the president depicted as 'Night King.'
“The murder of Kian is an assault on all of us, especially the poor.”
Ang pakikiramay nila ay magiging karapat-dapat upang bigyan ng hustisya at dignidad ang labi ni Kian de Los Santos at ilanlibong bangkay.
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective The killing of 17-year old Kian Delos Santos has enraged netizens, human rights groups, the Catholic Church, cultural artists, and has alarmed the general public. The brazenness, the impunity, and the lies being peddled as...
“We must address the roots of what makes for the proliferation of the illegal drug trade and not just give the police a license to kill.”
“We demand that perpetrators be arrested and punished.”
Victims of drug-related killings and other human rights violations came together in a tearful gathering.
Ally of Rodrigo Duterte employs Trump-speak to deny that the President’s policy [on his ‘war on drugs’] has resulted in more than 7,000 being killed by death squads and vigilantes.” Thus says the feisty Guardian, a leading British newspaper, in reporting online...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) says that “only” 1,398 individuals have been killed in the course of the Rodrigo Duterte regime’s “war” on the illegal drug trade out of a total of 6,011 killings in the country from July 1, 2016 when Mr. Duterte began his watch...
“The all-out-war further exposes the fascist character of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.”
Veronico Lapsay Delamente, 27 years old, leader of a Mamanwa tribe and Alexander Ceballos, a leader of the National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) in Negros Occidental were treacherously killed on January 20.
The death toll on Duterte’s brutal campaign against illegal drugs surpassed the number of victims of extrajudicial killings under the Benigno Aquino III, which totaled 307 and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo administrations with 1,200 victims combined.
"Drug users should be saved, not executed." By RONALYN V. OLEA MANILA -- Wearing a black veil, 45-year-old Myrna (not her real name) joined a protest in front of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) demanding a stop to drug-related killings this...
“The struggle for meaningful and thoroughgoing change continues, as we continue to uphold and assert people’s rights.”
“There should be due process.”
“It is through upholding the rights of the people, especially social and economic rights, that the people can repudiate the use and trade of illegal drugs.”
“The ongoing killings by law enforcers in the name of the war on drugs and without due process, is not any different from what the police and military under Jovito Palparan, Arroyo and Aquino did to activists and media workers who criticized government.”
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