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In joint statement, Philippine, int’l human rights groups say Marcos’ ‘superbody’ won’t work

'Superbody' won't work: analysts; #drugwar: More killings, Congress probes; Prisons pushed to breaking point; Most #redtagging of journalists by govt; Child rights activist convicted; Divorce in PH

Why Marcos rights 'superbody' is problematic; #GerryOrtega murder 13 years later; Verde Island 'preservation' questioned; SOGIE bill now in plenary; Families not benefitting from preschool education

Marcos 'superbody' is toothless: HRW; #redtagging agency defends itself; Army urges Negrenses to stand up vs NPA for killings; Online sex abuse of children up 300%; Groups warn vs election disinfo

Groups weigh in on Marcos rights 'superbody'; #drugwar: 11 killed last week; NPA claims 8th killing in NegrosOcc; Redtagged activist favored by SC still fears for life; Student decries #redtagging

Groups hail SC ruling on #redtagging, others eye more charges; DOJ study on PH reentry to ICC welcomed; Palace: Marcos stance vs ICC cooperation remains; Suspect in another journo killing nabbed

After SC ruling, HRW urges Marcos to end #redtagging; PH studying ICC reentry; Farmers get land after 30 yrs; Students press for better campus journ law; Jail guards sacked for demeaning strip search

1 killed per day in Marcos #drugwar, toll now at 639; Marcos should do more to protect media: HRW; Rumor of Marcos ouster swirls; Women decry 'dehumanizing' prison searches; Conflict displaces 1000s

Gunman in journo's slay gets up to 16 years imprisonment; NPA, govt clash in Bukidnon; Wives of political prisoners slam Corrections for strip search; Envi groups file raps vs. Manila Bay reclamation

More killings; #drugwar deaths under Marcos now at 639; Memorial site for EJK victims; Activists face terror raps; PH press freedom ranking down; Crimes vs media; HIV is not excuse to fire workers; SC

Reds kill 5 'spies'; Cop retires unscathed by #DavaoDeathSquad raps; Journo 'killer' nabbed; Drought hits Filipino farmers hard; Schoolkids wilt in extreme heat; Intersex:Changes eyed w/o court order

Killing of schoolgirls alarm DepEd; @amnesty to Marcos: End #drugwar, probe Duterte; #desaparecidos: Finding hope; Extreme heat: Class closures, work stoppage; Meet Hans Cacdac, migrant labor chief

Groups to Marcos: Junk #drugwar; DOJ warns cops vs cooperating wth ICC; Attacks vs legislators denounced; Marcos alarmed by online sex abuse of children; Dozens of PH areas reeling from extreme heat

HRW honors Rene Saguisag, Philippine rights icon; Govt slams U.S. rights report on PH; Amnesty to Marcos: End #drugwar; Filipinos suffer from extreme heat; 'ICC already reached out to #drugwar cops'

US: Rights situation unchanged in PH, killings still a problem; #drugwar: 'In PH, silence is consent'; Online sexual abuse in families, communities; Firms urged to hire people with disabilities

'Bloodless' #drugwar a lie as 600+ killed under Marcos; A week of summary killings; Too early for govt to claim NPA defeat: @crisisgroup; NPA keeps terrorist designation; Rights not tackled with NZ PM

HRW to Marcos: Stop Mayor Duterte, end #drugwar; At HRC, Philippines reaffirms rights resolve; 100s of detainees suffer boil due to heat; Airstrikes vs Reds may stall peace talks; EU and human rights

604 killed so far in Marcos #drugwar; 17 years ago, Jonas Burgos disappeared; Marcos dangles amnesty for rebels; Soldier turned rebel turned soldier-spy Victor Corpus dies; Intense heat in PH jails

New PH police chief: 'No need for #drugwar' as killings go on; The making of Baste Duterte as a 'killing mayor'; Kids suffer in scorching heat, class closures across PH; CHR denounces attacks vs girls

More killings; #drugwar: 7 Davao cops axed as CHR demands probe; Educators #redtagged; 2 activists surface; Communist party laughs off 'end' of insurgency, vows more attacks; Journalists slam Beijing

Marcos #drugwar death toll now nearly 600; 'Like father, like son': More killings in Davao #drugwar as CHR vows probe; Philippines joins biggest climate change case; China 'harasses' PH researchers

2 envi activists abducted, missing; More summary killings; #drugwar in Davao denounced; Workers in Dutch firm decry mass layoff. union-busting; UN rapporteur to defend Ressa before SC in libel appeal

Duterte son declares own #drugwar in Davao, 5 shot dead hours later; More summary killings; Philippines 'partly free': FreedomHouse; Congress passes bill to block pro-Duterte media network's franchise

Marcos #drugwar toll rises; Gender-based violence in PH still alarming: CHR; Chilren bear brunt of rights abuse trauma; EU relaunches trade talks even as rights situation remains dire in Philippines

Rights group refutes Marcos claim on #drugwar 'progress'; Attacks vs activists persist: Civicus; Rights commission told: Assert your authority; Armed men harass journalist covering demolition

HRW: Marcos' claim of lessened violence in 'drug war' disregards continuing killings

#LGBTQ+: Trans woman strangled to death; More 'tandem' killings; Case vs #LeilaDeLima continues; #drugwar: 6 dead first week of March; Women journos demand release of jailed reporter; Marcos in Berlin

2 teens killed, possibly tortured; Social worker shot dead in front of family; Metro Manila, Negros Occ hotspots of #drugwar killings; Military airstrikes disrupt classes; Foreign ownership of schools

More #drugwar killings; Marcos says he has no authoritarian impulse; No help from us on ICC: Marcos; Cops accused of planting evidence; Tension in West Philippine Sea as Marcos seeks allies' support

Drag artist arrested again; Maria Ressa targeted in deepfake disinfo; Tighter security sought for family of slain teen; Interior dept sets review of anti-drug councils; CHR opens office in Zamboanga

Verdict on police killing of teen denounced; More fighting between military, Reds; El Nino drought toughest in 30 areas; Fisherfolk displaced by oil spill still not compensated; Marcos in Canberra

Canberra should take Marcos' rights rhetoric with grain of salt: HRW; 5 cops convicted for teen's death, family to appeal ruling; More deaths in Marcos #drugwar; Army open to probe into Bohol clash

Marcos: No to ICC probe; Duterte worried over ICC witnesses; Several killed in clash, shootings; Activists hit surveillance; Police block People Power participants; 38 years after Marcoses' ouster

Police chief: #drugwar bloody but 'honest'; President's sister wants ICC,UN probed; CHR urges #redtagging TF to reassess mandate; #insurgency: 13 killed in Jan; PH only country in WestPac with cholera

Soldiers kill couple; More Filipinos approve of ICC probe; Community journo has spent 4 years in jail on 'spurious charges'; Girl, 13, shoots father for sex abuse; Political prisoners languish in jail

HRW to Marcos: End #redtagging; 28 killed in January #drugwar; 'ICC to arrest Duterte any time': lawyer; #FreeJadeCastro; Floods displace 1.12 million; #Divorce bill delay denounced; HIV cases rise

Abolish #redtagging agency, UN expert urges Marcos; Philippines must do more to improve rights: Khan; Former hitman tags Duterte, daughter in death squad killings; PH vape marketing targets children

Marcos, Duterte 'drug war' erupts as rift gets ugly; VP Sara Duterte and the Davao Death Squad, according to ICC witness; Consul, an ex-journalist, sues newspaper for libel; El Nino threatens Mindanao

Marcos #DrugWar: 13 killed in a week; @IreneKhan visits jailed/redtagged journalist, activists; DOJ lied about #redtagging: group; Political rift widens as Duterte son slams Marcos, urges him to quit

UN expert @IreneKhan told: Free speech is under attack in Philippines; Journo spends bday in jail, another #redtagged; #DrugWar: Hitman admits killing 14 people on police orders; Gerry Ortega murder

#DrugWar enforcer fears ICC probe; #RedTagging, attacks vs journalists raised with UN SR @IreneKhan; DOJ denies redtagging is policy; Drag queen fights for freedom to express; Quiboloy sex abuse probe

Marcos won't help ICC in #DrugWar probe; ICC: Why is VP Sara Duterte a respondent?; School principal shot dead; SR @IreneKhan urged to probe govt trolls; Hungry Filipinos highest so far under Marcos

Trillanes: ICC arrest warrant vs Duterte out soon; UN SR on free speech IreneKhan now in Philippines; Govt's media safety chief gets flak for #redtagging; "Rights improving under Marcos," says govt

UN free speech rapporteur to probe violations; Group says PH govt doesn't listen to rights experts; Peasant leader harassed,redtagged; Docu exposes how politics killed Indigenous residents in Mindanao

Philippines changes tune: ICC probers can come "if legal process met"; #DrugWar: 7 killed last week; UN expert on freedom of expression in Manila next week; #RedTagging: Govt media task force slammed

UN rights experts set to visit Philippines; Firms violate discount rights for older people, PWDs; Climate of intimidation in PH media; Jeepney modernization's toll; Marcos on Taiwan, One-China Policy

HRW world report #Rights2024; #RedTagging; @DahasPH: Casualties of Marcos’s “bloodless” #drugwar; Duterte gifted with #SomePeopleNeedKilling book; Nearly 1,000 cops fired, 108 over drug offenses

177 Manila cops face drug charges; #DrugWar: 25 killed in December; ICC probers already in Philippines?; 7 missing persons found in shallow grave; Deep, dark cracks in the Marcos-Duterte alliance

#DrugWar deaths under Marcos pass 500 mark; ICC probe likely finished: lawyer; Desaparecidos and fake surrenders; PH needs national plan anti-torture; Marcos should go beyond 'toothless' LGBTQ order