A HUMAN rights lawyer is urging the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to be more active against drug-related killings, especially in cases where police have alleged that the victim has put up a fight. Another forum speaker, Ryan Jeremiah Quan, also a lawyer who works at CHR, said killing has become the “new normal”, especially those related to drugs, not to mention the extra-judicial killings (EJKs). He blamed social media and millions of followers of President Rodrigo Duterte for spreading apathy and by making human rights an abstract notion. “Filling up these vacancies will help in hastening pending cases.”He also urged the President to fill up the vacant courts with quality and qualified judges. Diokno said all these changes would help improve the human rights situation in the country.

Source: Manila Times July 14, 2017 10:30 UTC