Tag: Phillipines
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Activists criticise Philippines bill lowering age of criminal liability to 9
A proposal to lower the age of criminal liability in the Philippines to 9-years-old has come under fire from human rights groups and legislators, local media reported on Tuesday They warned that the move could harm rather than protect children. The justice committee of the House of Representatives on Monday approved a bill…
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Kill ‘idiots’ who resist arrest, Philippines’ President orders police
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told police on Monday they could kill “idiots” who violently resist arrest, two days after hundreds of people turned the funeral of a slain teenager into a protest against his deadly war on drugs. Duterte met the parents of the schoolboy, 17-year-old Kian Loyd delos Santos, at the presidential palace in…