{"id":224187,"date":"2019-07-24T06:11:50","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T10:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=224187"},"modified":"2019-07-24T06:11:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T10:11:50","slug":"hrw-urges-ph-govt-to-drop-pnp-cidgs-raps-vs-robredo-35-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/07\/24\/hrw-urges-ph-govt-to-drop-pnp-cidgs-raps-vs-robredo-35-others\/","title":{"rendered":"HRW urges PH gov’t to drop PNP-CIDG’s raps vs. Robredo, 35 others"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Vice President, several opposition figures, and members of the clergy, among others, were slapped with sedition, inciting to sedition, cyber-libel, libel, estafa, harboring a criminal, and obstruction of justice charges\u00a0over the viral “Ang Totoong Narcolist” videos which claimed that the Duterte family and their allies were involved in the illegal drug trade. (File photo<\/a>: VP Leni Robredo\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Philippine government to drop the cases filed by the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) against Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo and 35 other individuals.<\/p>\n

According to HRW Asia Director Brad Adams on Wednesday, July 24, the complaint filed by the police is a “transparent attempt to harass and silence” critics of President Rodrigo Duterte’s illegal drug campaign.<\/p>\n

“Threatening criminal charges against the vice president, outspoken bishops, and rights lawyers suggests that Duterte\u2019s egregious human rights record is catching up with him,” he said.<\/p>\n

Adams also said the complaint was a “kneejerk reaction” to the resolution adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) which seeks a comprehensive report on the human rights situation in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

“Friends of the Philippines should not stay silent when the administration retaliates against those promoting respect for human rights in the country,” he said.<\/p>\n

The Vice President, several opposition figures, and members of the clergy, among others, were slapped with sedition, inciting to sedition, cyber-libel, libel, estafa, harboring a criminal, and obstruction of justice charges over the viral “Ang Totoong Narcolist” videos which claimed that the Duterte family and their allies were involved in the illegal drug trade.<\/p>\n

They are accused of engaging with Peter Joemel Advicula, the man who claimed to be the hooded figure in the videos, “to spread lies against the President, his family and close associate, making them to appear as illegal trade protectors and how they earned staggering amounts of money.”<\/p>\n

However, Robredo had denied this and said she found the PNP-CIDG’s complaint ‘ridiculous.’<\/p>\n

\u201cNakakatawa talaga kasi unang-una, hindi naman tayo sobrang bob* na nag-<\/i>iimagine tayo\u00a0na mapapataob natin ang napaka\u2026 ang Presidente na napakataas ang\u00a0<\/i>rating, na gagamitin itong isang tao na<\/i>\u00a0obviously\u00a0sinungaling\u00a0<\/i>(It was really funny because first of all, we are not that stup*d to imagine that we can bring down a President who has a very high rating; to use this person who is obviously a liar),\u201d <\/i>Robredo said on her weekly radio show Biserbisyong Leni on Sunday, July 21.<\/p>\n

[READ: \u2018Nakakatawa talaga:\u2019 Robredo hits PNP-CIDG\u2019s sedition, other charges<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Prior to Robredo, Senators Risa Hontiveros and Leila De Lima, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, as well as human rights lawyer Chel Diokno had slammed the charges filed against them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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