The War on Drugs in the Philippines has thrown into question the links between civil and religious authority. New types of discourse and new psycho-religious practices have emerged to ensure both intramundane healing and extramundane salvation among drug users. The author draws on an ethnographic ...
In a stark white room at the University of the Philippines, the exhumed remains of four victims of the drugs war are laid out. Beneath them are some of the pictures of the dead and the belongings they were buried with. "I never lose sight of the ...
Bodies have been turning up in cities all over the Philippines ever since the country’s president, Rodrigo Duterte, launched his controversial war on drugs this year — so many that one local newspaper had to create a “Kill List” just to keep track. Dealers and addicts are being shot by...
“For us a primary priority for this session is the situation in the Philippines,” said Laila Matar of Human Rights Watch. Article content “Bodies continue to pile up in Manila and other urban areas, again in the context of the war on drugs which we have seen is very much a...
However, he said there is still much to be done to make the Philippines drug free before Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ends his six-year term in 2022. "We cannot quantify the problem on illegal drugs. But what I am sure is (this is not yet done)," he said, adding the PNP wil...
In February 2018, the ICC prosecutor's office said it would conduct a preliminary investigation into deaths in the Philippines. Barely a month later, Duterte said he would withdraw from the ICC. The exit took effect in March 2019. But under ICC rules even if a state withdr...
Sri Lanka would be executed drew international attention. Renewing an older pledge, he sought to lift a four decade-long moratorium on capital punishment in the island, modelling his strategy for combating the drug menace on that of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, who he had met in ...
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Two of three cases against De Lima have since been dismissed and she had sought bail in the one pending case on health grounds, which the court granted on Monday. Salvador Panelo, former presidential legal counsel to Duterte, said government prosecutors can appeal...
Rodrigo Duterte: From ‘Punisher’ to Philippines President Poignant, devastating image video Related videoTough-talking Duterte, popular and polarizing One image, in particular, has gone viral. It shows slain suspected drug pusher Michael Siaron, cradled where he lies on the street by his partner...