Remulla: DOJ taking steps to hold erring law enforcers in EJKs accountable

The Department of Justice is taking all the necessary steps to hold erring law enforcers involved in extrajudicial killings accountable, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said Wednesday.Remulla issued the remark following a 2023 US report that found that EJKs remained a “serious problem” in the Philippines and that there were no significant changes in the country’s human rights situation.

Earlier in the day, Amnesty International called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to make a categorical "policy pronouncement" against the war on drugs as it noted that EJKs had persisted in 2023.At a press conference in Quezon City, Amnesty International Philippines director Butch Olano said Marcos should "make an explicit and categorical policy pronouncement to end the so-called war on drugs and EJKs.

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