#UndoingDuterte | Five years of state terror
Relatives of victims of extrajudicial killings storm Camp Aguinaldo demanding accountability to the death of their loved ones. (Photo courtesy of Karapatan)
Under the Duterte administration, Karapatan has noted a pattern of using search warrants issued by executive judges in Quezon City and Manila regional trial courts to conduct police and military raids on homes and offices of the progressive leaders and activists which led to the killings or if not, end up arrested after supposed “evidence” were gathered by the authorities.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
MANILA – There has been no let up in rights violations in the past five years of the Duterte administration, said human rights group Karapatan. These violations are the result of policies and campaigns, which the government claims will bring “peace” to the country but the actual implementation has only terrorized civilians.