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Hontiveros: Drug-Related Killings Sa Bansa Patuloy Pa Rin

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Hontiveros: Drug-Related Killings Sa Bansa Patuloy Pa Rin

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Iginiit ni Senador Risa Hontiveros sa mga kinatawan ng European Parliament Subcommittee on human rights na ang ICC investigation laban sa war on drugs ay makakatulong na magbigay ng katarungan sa mga biktima ng nakaraang administrasyon.

“The international action can only help, not harm our own domestic efforts on the extrajudicial killings (EJKs). If we were to say that we alone could take care of our own cases, take into account the more than 11,000 victims survivors of Martial Law dictatorship human rights abuses who only received a small, symbolic stipend. It has been over 20 years, and yet the task of giving them justice remains unfinished. 6,000 cases of EJKs ang nakasalang sa ICC, bakit hindi natin hayaan magpatuloy ang paggulong ng hustisya? The thousands of murders are incontestable. Politics aside, what do we plan on doing about these murders?,” aniya sa isang pahayag.

Ayon sa UP Third World Studies Center, mayroong 152 na pagpatay na kaugnay ang droga sa ilalim ng administrasyon ni Marcos, na mas marami kaysa sa 149 na naitala na pagpatay sa huling anim na buwan ng administrasyon ni dating Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Sa 152 na pagpatay sa simula ng kasalukuyang administrasyon, 46.7 porsyento nito ay mula sa state operatives.

Bukod sa pagpatay na kaugnay ang droga, binanggit rin sa pagpupulong ang iba pang human rights concerns tulad ng pagpatay sa mga mamamahayag at mga atake laban sa malayang pamamahayag at democratic spaces. 

“Attacks on human rights and press freedom, and the massive proliferation of disinformation are not unique to the Philippines. These are shared problems we face. It is our shared responsibility to protect freedom of speech and expression as essential to democracy, and our countries need to work together to battle the challenges of our times,” ani Hontiveros.

Photo credit: Facebook/SenatorRisaHontiveros

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