Tag: EJK
Group blasts PHL’s EJK tag
MANILA — A local group sees no basis for claims that President Rodrigo Duterte’s nationwide crackdown against illegal drugs is riddled with government-backed extra-judicial killings (EJKs). “Those claims are unfair,”…
Palace: Close to 9,000 EJK deaths is ‘false news’
MANILA — Malacañang on Friday dismissed persistent reports claiming that close to 9,000 have been killed in the government’s war against illegal drugs as “false news,” urging the US State…
Caloocan parish to host mass for EJK victims Sunday
MANILA — Another city in the National Capital Region (NCR) is set to host a mass for the victims of extrajudicial killings (EJK) in the country and their families on…
PNP to HRW: Show proof police behind EJKs
MANILA — The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday challenged the Human Rights Watch (HRW) to show proof on their claim that police are behind extra-judicial killings (EJKs). ”Kung talagang…
DILG: Deaths on war against drugs, an extra-legal killing, not EJK
MANILA — The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Tuesday clarified that extra-legal killing would be the proper term to be used on the deaths in the country’s…