{"id":127394,"date":"2017-10-30T02:47:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T06:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=127394"},"modified":"2017-10-30T02:47:39","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T06:47:39","slug":"rights-group-drug-war-victims-kin-call-to-stop-the-killing-start-the-healing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/30\/rights-group-drug-war-victims-kin-call-to-stop-the-killing-start-the-healing\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights group, drug war victims’ kin call to \u2018stop the killing, start the healing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rise Up for Life and for Rights, an alliance of human rights advocates together with families affected by drug-related extra-judicial killings, has taken action to mobilize poor families who have been affected by the government\u2019s national crackdown against illegal drugs. (Photo<\/a>: Rise Up for Life and for Rights\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Families affected by drug-related killings have thrown their support for the Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines\u2019s call to \u201cStop the Killings! Start the Healing\u201d on November 5.<\/p>\n

Rise Up for Life and for Rights, an alliance of human rights advocates together with families affected by drug-related extra-judicial killings, has taken action to mobilize poor families who have been affected by the government\u2019s national crackdown against illegal drugs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wholeheartedly support broad and dynamic efforts to Stop the Killings and Start the Healing,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese killings must be stopped. Families affected by drug-related killings under the Duterte administration can feel in the depths of their beings the pain of having a loved-one ripped from this earth. They know more anyone how crucial it is to stop the Killings,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

The group also said that the families of supposed extrajudicial killings \u201chave endured months of isolation and have even faced a stigma of being labeled as criminals, hustlers, and generally unredeemable burdens on society,\u201d saying the president\u2019s \u201cattacks against the poor have continued to fuel unfair and nasty public disdain.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur experience bears out that the families affected by drug-related killings are as diverse and as human as any. Their desire to be embraced with compassion is real,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n

The group and the kin of drug war victims will join assemblies with other families and communities to stand with CBCP in their call to stop the killings. They will also attend a mass on October 31.<\/p>\n

The group added that these gatherings are essential in helping the families affected by drug-related killings to \u201cfeel that they are not alone; venues for families to grieve and remember, especially during the All Saints or All Souls holiday send a palpable message that the Church cares for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough such actions, these families will be helped to see that in standing together\u2014both with other families and advocates\u2014they will find courage and gain strength in speaking the truth to power: they will claim their voice to denounce Duterte\u2019s so-called \u201cwar on drugs\u201d and to insist that justice be given to the slain, the salvaged and the orphaned,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe seek to live out a noble goal to \u201cStop the Killings! Start the Healing!\u201d Giving pause to recognize that, under current circumstances, we should be loud, united, and firm in our call, we must start the healing,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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