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The government says it will exercise "human compassion" as a COVID-19 positive senator broke quarantine rules. Here's a thread of how / why Filipinos don't feel this on the ground.
First, from Manila police today: "Anyone out at the wrong time will be shot, you sons of bitches." https://twitter.com/DZMMTeleRadyo/status/1242992984011898880
First, from Manila police today: "Anyone out at the wrong time will be shot, you sons of bitches." https://twitter.com/DZMMTeleRadyo/status/1242992984011898880
A village captain in Laguna, south of Manila, put curfew violators in a dog cage for talking back to officials.
Yes, the Facebook post where the captain admits to it is still up. In it, he says, "You be the judge." https://www.rappler.com/nation/255342-barangay-captain-cages-curfew-violators-sta-cruz-laguna
Yes, the Facebook post where the captain admits to it is still up. In it, he says, "You be the judge." https://www.rappler.com/nation/255342-barangay-captain-cages-curfew-violators-sta-cruz-laguna
In another barangay in Metro Manila, curfew violators are made to sit out under the heat of the sun. Human rights advocates argue that this prolonged exposure qualifies as torture. Local authorities also posted about it on Facebook. https://www.rappler.com/nation/255645-barangay-san-isidro-paranaque-curfew-violators-punished-sit-under-sun-curfew
A 69-year-old homeless woman was arrested in Manila on March 16, the day before "enhanced community quarantine" became effective, for alleged disobedience to authority. The charges against her have a minimum penalty of almost $2,000. https://www.rappler.com/nation/254926-cops-arrest-homeless-lola-shouted-tanods-warning-about-curfew
Over 30 people were arrested in the surfing destination of Siargao and detained for a night. "Recalcitrant ones" got locked in a cell.
Siargao is not part of the region Duterte declared a lockdown over, though other areas have been following suit. https://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2020/03/32-foreigners-locals-in-siargao-arrested-for-violating-quarantine-curfew/
Siargao is not part of the region Duterte declared a lockdown over, though other areas have been following suit. https://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2020/03/32-foreigners-locals-in-siargao-arrested-for-violating-quarantine-curfew/
Someone who evaded a checkpoint in Bulacan was shot and killed by police. The police said he fought back and shot first, a common script from authorities in Duterte's bloody drug war. https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/03/25/2003278/bulacan-checkpoint-evader-killed-shooutout
A 28-year-old woman in a town in Eastern Samar was arrested for not being able to keep her kids indoors. Not only does it sound like a mere barangay spat, but she was detained as of two days ago. Unanswered: what happened to her kids? https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1247729/woman-arrested-for-refusing-to-keep-her-children-at-home-during-covid-19-quarantine
Human Rights Watch linked out here to reports that hundreds arrested for violating curfew, including 700+ in Bacolod, over just a week. (Is social distancing even maintained in detention?)
This is all I have for today, but will keep updating this thread. https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/03/26/philippines-curfew-violators-abused
This is all I have for today, but will keep updating this thread. https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/03/26/philippines-curfew-violators-abused
Summed up concerns of human rights violations, a couple of examples from this thread, and @Reaproy's statement from earlier today, in this evening's log from the Philippines for @washingtonpost! 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/26/coronavirus-latest-news/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/26/coronavirus-latest-news/
Women, including @abscbnsports' @dnicednsay, have posted about harassment in checkpoints, and police asking for their numbers.
I wonder if the complaints listed here () would have been heeded by authorities if actress Bela Padilla didn't signal boost? https://www.interaksyon.com/celebrities/2020/03/26/165098/reports-harassment-women-muslim-checkpoints-pnp-afp-bela-padilla/
I wonder if the complaints listed here (
) would have been heeded by authorities if actress Bela Padilla didn't signal boost? https://www.interaksyon.com/celebrities/2020/03/26/165098/reports-harassment-women-muslim-checkpoints-pnp-afp-bela-padilla/
In this post by @chiarazambrano, a man was made to sit for three hours in a covered court after he kept working, inviting people to have car windows tinted.
He said he knew it wasn't allowed, but he had no food for his family. He went home empty-handed. https://www.facebook.com/chiarazambrano/posts/10161069592674815
He said he knew it wasn't allowed, but he had no food for his family. He went home empty-handed. https://www.facebook.com/chiarazambrano/posts/10161069592674815
In General Santos, a teacher and her son were arrested without warrants after an online post of hers alleged that there was food going undistributed at a local gym. https://twitter.com/rapplerdotcom/status/1243708232792752129?s=20
Today, translating from @DZMMTeleRadyo: Police are arresting people from Sitio San Roque in Quezon City. They ventured out, against quarantine rules, to ask the local government to give them food assistance. https://twitter.com/DZMMTeleRadyo/status/1245190338727141377
This woman is saying: “You have no mercy. Where will we get our food now? You are arresting our husbands. They’re our only hope, to get food for us and our families. You have no right to arrest them!” https://twitter.com/DZMMTeleRadyo/status/1245197951850274817?s=20
After news of Duterte's order to kill quarantine violators, via @JervisManahan: A volunteer was shot dead while watching over his neighborhood compound. A respondent said he was killed by four men on two motorcycles. They escaped. Search ongoing. https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1245376928363601921?s=20
Via @jagoncilloINQ, from March 31: A 28-year-old curfew violator died in detention in Taguig. Authorities are not ruling out foul play.
Officers said that he was arrested for trying to "push" and hit arresting officers. He was in detention for 11 days. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1251304/taguig-curfew-violator-dies-in-detention
Officers said that he was arrested for trying to "push" and hit arresting officers. He was in detention for 11 days. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1251304/taguig-curfew-violator-dies-in-detention
A farmer from the southern PH is shot and killed after reportedly refusing to wear a face mask. Police say the man was drunk and he ran amok with a large knife.
Since Duterte rose to power, authorities often say those killed by police attacked first. https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/04/20/magsasakang-ayaw-umanong-magsuot-ng-face-mask-patay-sa-pamamaril-ng-pulis
Since Duterte rose to power, authorities often say those killed by police attacked first. https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/04/20/magsasakang-ayaw-umanong-magsuot-ng-face-mask-patay-sa-pamamaril-ng-pulis
From yesterday: An ambulance driver moving frontliners was shot in the hand. The suspect wouldn't let him pass through a subdivision and thought he was transporting COVID-19 patients.
This is the latest in reports of violence against health workers... https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/balitambayan/promdi/732551/ambulance-driver-na-naghahatid-sa-frontliners-binaril-dahil-pinaghinalaang-covid-19-patients-ang-isinas/story/
This is the latest in reports of violence against health workers... https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/balitambayan/promdi/732551/ambulance-driver-na-naghahatid-sa-frontliners-binaril-dahil-pinaghinalaang-covid-19-patients-ang-isinas/story/
Context: Duterte has decried violence against health workers—people reportedly threw bleach on a nurse in Mindanao—but he also gave a go-ahead for authorities to shoot and even kill quarantine violators. He later claimed he said no such thing, though transcripts say otherwise.
21 people who asked for food aid on April 1 were arrested; bail costs ₱15,000 (almost $300) each.
How steep is this? Minimum wage is just above ₱500; these people live from hand to mouth. An opposition senator's family has since offered to cover bail. https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/news/256931-frankie-pangilinan-parents-offer-bail-out-san-roque-quezon-city-residents
How steep is this? Minimum wage is just above ₱500; these people live from hand to mouth. An opposition senator's family has since offered to cover bail. https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/news/256931-frankie-pangilinan-parents-offer-bail-out-san-roque-quezon-city-residents
From yesterday, via @CMarquezINQ: At least 19 vegetable vendors were arrested and detained in Quezon City for "illegally selling goods." The vendors were reportedly selling food "for fear of going hungry." https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1254160/fearing-hunger-19-vendors-sell-vegetables-jailed-in-qc-for-illegally-selling-goods
#ICYMI via @rapplerdotcom: Three people from the LGBTQ+ community were "ordered to kiss each other and do a sexy dance in front of a minor" for violating curfew.
An anti-discrimination bill that would penalize this has languished in Congress for years. https://twitter.com/rapplerdotcom/status/1247509854039785478?s=20
An anti-discrimination bill that would penalize this has languished in Congress for years. https://twitter.com/rapplerdotcom/status/1247509854039785478?s=20
The minor was also a curfew violator. Other people were reportedly "given bond papers, which they had to wet with sweat, while the rest laid on the road until morning." They were threatened with paddling.
Their punishment was livestreamed. Full report https://www.rappler.com/nation/257292-barangay-captain-lgbtq-quarantine-violators-lewd-acts-punishment?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nation
Their punishment was livestreamed. Full report
https://www.rappler.com/nation/257292-barangay-captain-lgbtq-quarantine-violators-lewd-acts-punishment?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nation
Yesterday, on Easter Sunday, a man was arrested after stopping to pray outside a closed church. Reported by @eacayan for @GettyImages: https://twitter.com/eacayan/status/1249266829106659328?s=20
Seven people wanted to return to their hometown up north after losing their jobs in Manila during quarantine. The village officials who helped them were arrested. The charge: smuggling. https://www.rappler.com/nation/257957-barangay-councilors-arrested-smuggle-townmates-pangasinan-coronavirus
A vendor in Cebu City is arrested for not having a quarantine pass. Afterward, she realizes she lost almost $600.
Other people who were caught were made to dance the Sinulog, a prayer ritual, as punishment. (Check erratum / update on the original tweet.) https://twitter.com/TheFreemanNews/status/1252135870523555842
Other people who were caught were made to dance the Sinulog, a prayer ritual, as punishment. (Check erratum / update on the original tweet.) https://twitter.com/TheFreemanNews/status/1252135870523555842
Via @gergcahiles for @cnnphilippines: People arrested in Cavite with or without a quarantine pass. This woman is saying: "We're not scattering about. We just went out to buy food." https://twitter.com/gergcahiles/status/1252430762411876357?s=20
Police barge into a condominium in Taguig without a warrant, with one reportedly waving a gun at residents.
Building management says they already closed the gym and the pool, but residents could go out if they wore masks and practiced social distancing. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1261341/cops-enforcing-quarantine-rules-barge-into-gated-taguig-city-condo-compound?fbclid=IwAR01O2Yt1N8mv7c7mz3jGl_ngsgLS6I4eXac-eYGZ187k_SI3Ue8JE5dB7w#ixzz6K6Ac7rdX
Building management says they already closed the gym and the pool, but residents could go out if they wore masks and practiced social distancing. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1261341/cops-enforcing-quarantine-rules-barge-into-gated-taguig-city-condo-compound?fbclid=IwAR01O2Yt1N8mv7c7mz3jGl_ngsgLS6I4eXac-eYGZ187k_SI3Ue8JE5dB7w#ixzz6K6Ac7rdX
From today: The man was killed on the spot. https://twitter.com/gergcahiles/status/1252886248357679105?s=20
(Warning: Graphic video) Cops said a gun was later found on the man, but local reports say his family denies this. They also revealed he had schizophrenia and PTSD from his time in the military; he was supposedly last deployed during the Marawi siege. https://twitter.com/barnabychuck/status/1252900240983650305?s=20
Context: This is not the first reported police killing since lockdown in the Philippines began a month ago, but it's likely the first caught on video. Earlier in this thread is an entry of a drunk man killed in Mindanao; police alleged he attacked them with a bolo (large knife).
Police assaulted and attempted to arrest a man in a private subdivision on Sunday. His supposed fault: contesting how police tried to fine him ₱1000 ($20) because his domestic helper wasn't wearing a mask... while watering plants in their own house! https://www.rappler.com/nation/259129-man-private-village-assaulted-nearly-arrested-without-warrant-makati-police
Video on @rapplerdotcom shows police tackling and forcing the man on the ground on his own property, as his wife yells that he has a back problem.
The police don't identify themselves; when she says they have no warrant, they say they'll arrest her too. https://twitter.com/rapplerdotcom/status/1254577667011014656?s=20
The police don't identify themselves; when she says they have no warrant, they say they'll arrest her too. https://twitter.com/rapplerdotcom/status/1254577667011014656?s=20
In video from earlier on: When the man in question argues, the policeman accuses him of being drunk.
He curses at police, saying they should be ashamed of themselves. "Sorry," he says, "I have to have my right to complain as a citizen." https://twitter.com/iamkarendavila/status/1254593816792719365?s=20
He curses at police, saying they should be ashamed of themselves. "Sorry," he says, "I have to have my right to complain as a citizen." https://twitter.com/iamkarendavila/status/1254593816792719365?s=20
Another one, in video taken yesterday: Quezon City government personnel beat up a fish vendor with a wooden stick for not wearing a face mask. https://twitter.com/rapplerdotcom/status/1255081999477301249?s=20
From today. Authorities have previously broken up / interrupted feeding and homeless programs in Manila (Kalinga Center) and Quezon City (Popburri, San Roque). https://twitter.com/ramboreports/status/1256090715584466944?s=20
Today: The NBI arrests a 25-year-old teacher in Pangasinan for an alleged tweet about reward money for killing Duterte. He will face sedition charges relating to cybercrime, via @lianbuan: https://www.rappler.com/nation/260646-nbi-arrests-teacher-posted-reward-kill-duterte
Particularly disturbing here is how an NBI agent took to Facebook to give regular updates of the arrest, even with investigation still ongoing. The agent posted a video of the suspect confessing and apologizing to Duterte while en route to the NBI office. He had no legal counsel.
Correction: Still trying to confirm affiliation of Ronald Allan Sison, the person who posted the video, to NBI. Internet search shows he is a radio commentator.
NBI hasn't responded yet to our queries about this, protocol regarding social media, and whether suspect got counsel.
NBI hasn't responded yet to our queries about this, protocol regarding social media, and whether suspect got counsel.
Update: @amnesty's @rachelchhoahwd says the arrest of the teacher, posted on social media despite ongoing investigation, was done in an "overzealous and public manner," pointing to a move to "[make] an example of someone critical... rather than responding to a credible risk."
![Update: @amnesty's @rachelchhoahwd says the arrest of the teacher, posted on social media despite ongoing investigation, was done in an "overzealous and public manner," pointing to a move to "[make] an example of someone critical... rather than responding to a credible risk."](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EX5JiP-VAAImTuv.jpg "Update: @amnesty's @rachelchhoahwd says the arrest of the teacher, posted on social media despite ongoing investigation, was done in an \"overzealous and public manner,\" pointing to a move to \"[make] an example of someone critical... rather than responding to a credible risk.\"")
From yesterday: A woman in Cebu was arrested for a similar charge as the schoolteacher. @cnnphilippines reports that a habal-habal driver in Boracay was arrested for the same offense too. https://cnnphilippines.com/regional/2020/5/13/woman-arrested-75-million-bounty.html
Today, @cnnphilippines reports a man in Agusan was arrested for cyberlibel because he predicted Senator Bong Go will make a scripted appeal to the "crazy" Duterte. (Critics bash Go for political grandstanding.)
Will cases like this even stand in court? https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/5/14/Duterte-cyberlibel-arrest-Agusan-del-Norte.html
Will cases like this even stand in court? https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/5/14/Duterte-cyberlibel-arrest-Agusan-del-Norte.html
