Statement of CHR Executive Director, Atty. Jacqueline Ann de Guia, welcoming the criminal charges filed by DOJ against PNP and PDEA officers involved in the 2020 Commonwealth Avenue shootout
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) welcomes the formal criminal charges filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) National Prosecution Service against four Philippine National Police (PNP) officer and three Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents in connection to the ‘misencounter’ along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City last February 4, 2020. The indictment emerged from […]
Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on PDEA’s public disclosure of a drug suspect’s HIV status
4 December 2017 PRESS STATEMENT Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on PDEA’s public disclosure of a drug suspect’s HIV status A recent buy-bust operation by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) led to the apprehension of 11 drug suspects. During a press briefing, PDEA disclosed that one of them is HIV-positive. The […]
CHR hopeful with PDEA’s lead in the drug campaign
17 October 2017 PRESS RELEASE CHR hopeful with PDEA’s lead in the drug campaign Quezon City—The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) today welcomed the decision of the administration to designate the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) as the lead agency that will carry out the government’s campaign against illegal drugs. “We are hopeful that […]