muchymozzarella:

crystalthecool:

the-artificem:

travelingmindlostsoul:

the-artificem:

heres some random updates so you can get a grasp on whats happening here in the philippines:

• professors are urging their students to let them know if theyre not gonna come to class so theyll know that theyre still alive
• parents are telling their kids not to come home late, or if they will, to take an uber even though its priced like 5x more
• people are sharing constitutional rights on twitter, to teach everyone what to say to the popos just in case
• nobody trusts the police anymore
• police have a QUOTA of “drug addicts” they need to kill
• almost 13k dead without due process, but chines drug lords and presidents son who were involved in a drug smuggling worth 6 billion are still walking free
• all it takes is a facebook rumor to put you on the hit list
• politicians who are criticizing the administration are being impeached
• politicians who love the administration admit that their duty is to the president, NOT to the people
• theres been talks in extending the presidents term
• It literally feels like an unofficial dictatorship
• please help us

does anyone have any news sources and dates for people to be better informed??

hiya i made that post on mobile so i wasnt able to add links but here are some sources on whats been happening in the ph for the last few months:

numbers of people dead and arrested because of the war on drugs as of january 2017

17 and 19 yr olds tortured and killed by the police

presidents son involved in 6 billion drug smuggling has charges suddenly dropped

twitter thread on what to do in case the police accuses you of being a drug dealer

what to do in case the police demands to search your stuff

police suddenly shows up at bars near a university demanding to search students bags

president orders police NOT to share case files with the commission of human rights

talks about extending the presidents term until 2025 bc federalism

house of representatives votes to give commission on human rights a budget of $20 for the WHOLE YEAR

im p sure i missed a lot since something bad happens literally EVERYDAY so like feel free to add more 

in what ways can we help? like. this is a pretty bad situation yall are in and we’d love to help out any way we can

@crystalthecool for the most part just keeping awareness up helps. Making it a big deal and pointing out just how fucked up it is actually does help put it into perspective for the Filipinos who have no idea just how serious the situation is (mainly because awareness and education are so lacking that most Filipinos don’t even know what the CHR does and will just parrot Duterte when he says he doesn’t like it)

The budget hasn’t been finalized but with Duterte’s well documented vendetta against Human Rights and his friendship with the Marcos family aka the reason the Human Rights Commission was created in the first place after Ferdinand Marcos stole billions during a two decade Martial Law era which saw the torture, disappearance and death of thousands of Filipinos we’re not very optimistic about it.