‘Everyone has human rights’

Making a statement: Human rights advocates and family members of extrajudicial killing victims gathering outside Santa Cruz Church in Manila to mark International Human Rights Day. — Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN

MANILA: Mothers, widows and sisters of victims of the government’s war on drugs may have found solace in the tales of martial law survivors.In a forum on Tuesday marking International Human Rights Day at the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), poet and journalist Pete Lacaba shared his story of harassment and detention during martial law.

Lacaba also read a poem by his brother Eman, who was killed by the military during the turbulent time.