The Commission on Human
Rights (CHR) has just released a
report a fact-finding inquiry, it enumerated the systematic attacks made
allegedly being done by the Duterte administration against rights defenders of the
country.
“The Commission finds
that there is a systematic attack against HRDs across all sectors of civil
society,” the 104-page report states.
The CHR explains in
the report that such attacks are characterized by a pattern of “abhorrent acts,
practices, and omissions” put the life of human rights defenders in danger.
Commission on Human
Rights (CHR) (photo credit to owner) |
It also says there is
a prevailing climate of impunity in the country against human rights activists
is because of the different pronouncements made by President Rodrigo Duterte,
creating a “dangerous fiction that it is legitimate to hunt down and commit
atrocities against HRDs.”
“The prevailing
climate of impunity in the context of violence against HRDs is largely
attributable to the pronouncements of the president,” the report read.
Distortion of the
concept of human rights, public vilification, red-tagging, and profiling and
surveillance, based from the report are some of the alleged abuses and
violations being done by the Duterte administration.
“These acts largely
remain unabated and HRDs are oftentimes left without any remedy to protect
themselves,” according to the CHR.
The fact-finding inquiry started last September
2019 as letters were received from individuals and from different organizations
containing allegations of human rights violations attributed to state
officials, CHR noted.
The report pointed out that the inquiry was
designed to “determine the veracity of the contentions against State organs”
regarding the alleged violations.
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