The Commission on Human Rights says human rights defenders live a 'grim reality' in the Philippines as they face systematic and widespread attacks for their work.
HANDS OFF. Human rights group Karapatan condemn the attacks against defenders in 2019. File photo by Darren Langit/Rapplrt
MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte made human rights work in the Philippines deadly through his dangerous pronouncements since 2016, said a national inquiry by the Commission on Human Rights . In a report released on Friday, July 10, CHR said that the climate of impunity in the context of violence against human rights defenders was “largely attributable to the pronouncements of the President.”
“The President through his pronouncements created a dangerous fiction that it is legitimate to hunt down and commit atrocities against HRDs because they are enemies of the State,” the commission said, adding that this was evident in how his allies and supporters would “demonize” human rights work.conducted by CHR in September 2019.
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