‘I Killed for Duterte’
“I thought we were doing something good,” said Edgar Matobato, one of the hitmen of the Davao Death Squad. He…
“I thought we were doing something good,” said Edgar Matobato, one of the hitmen of the Davao Death Squad. He…
In this video interview (in Cebuano) shot a decade ago, self-confessed Davao Death Squad member Edgar Matobato recounts a grisly…
The UN, the EU, the diplomatic community take pride in helping to improve the rights situation in the Philippines. But…
The harm the “drug war” did to children extends far beyond those who were killed. It produced a generation of…
The ICC has disclosed that an additional 500 victims of Rodrigo Duterte’s “drug war” have been included in its lists…
The same apparatus of repression bearing down on journalists in the Philippines is also crushing the broader civil society, often…
Clarita Alia speaks at a press conference in 2002, a year after the first of her four sons were killed…
By Carlos Conde Yesterday’s court conviction of Frenchie Mae Cumpio and Mariel Domequil has surprised many, especially since she was acquitted of…
By Carlos Conde This is unprecedented, I think: 14 European and western embassies in the Philippines have spoken out in support of…
When the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) awarded former President Rodrigo Duterte the “Golden Pillar of the Law Award,”…