Trigger Warning: Violence, Sexual Abuse

List of PNP & AFP's Abuses, Brutality, Impunity, Human Rights Violations and Alleged State-Sponsored Killings and Violence

“I will protect you. I will not allow one policeman or one military to go to jail; I will pardon 10, 15 military and policemen everyday.” — PRRD, Sep 2016, Jul 2016

2021

Cops kill 16-year-old boy, companion in Laguna anti-drug operation Jun 18, 2021
3 Lumads, including 12-year-old, killed by military in Surigao – Karapatan Jun 17, 2021
4 drug suspects killed in Laguna, Nueva Ecija Jun 17, 2021
Police shoots dead fellow cop after losing in arm wrestling in Quezon City Jun 1, 2021
Video shows 'drunk' cop shooting 52-year-old woman in QC' Jun 1, 2021
Two elderly communist leaders slain at home in the Visayas May 29, 2021
Freed Lumad teacher claims police forced her to change lawyers May 26, 2021
Agusan policeman nabbed for robbery, extortion May 25, 2021
Cop kills disabled 18-year-old in Valenzuela – victim's family May 23, 2021
Police in plain clothes snatch cellphone of Save San Roque volunteer, threatens him by saying 'pulis ako (I am a cop)' May 17, 2021
Cops block and red-tag Rappler reporter from covering release of 'Bakwit School' teacher May 14, 2021
Joseph Canlas, 'red-tagged' na lider magsasaka, patay nang magka-COVID-19 sa preso May 11, 2021
12 youth activists arrested on 'trumped up' charges of COVID-19 violations: group Apr 27, 2021
Ombudsman clears Manila policemen behind dingy 'secret cell' Apr 27, 2021
Camarines Sur barangay kagawad killed by police inside home; cops later serve search warrant for trumped up charges, steal gadgets and P100k cash – family Apr 26, 2021
Ritchie Nepomuceno who sued 11 Cebu City cops for robbery & rape gunned down; 1 accused police officer later commits suicide Apr 21, 2021
Community Pantry operations halt due to harassment, profiling, red-tagging by NTF-ELCAC, PNP Apr 20, 2021
Youth leader gunned down in Laguna Apr 15, 2021
3 women claim being tortured in Cebu City police station; 13 law enforcers accused Apr 9, 2021
Quarantine violator beaten to death by Calamba barangay tanods – family Apr 9, 2021
Military says Karapatan official ‘surrendered’; rights group had reported her missing Apr 8, 2021
Quarantine violator dies after being forced to do 300 rounds of exercise – family Apr 2, 2021
11 Cebu City cops relieved over robbery, extortion, rape complaints Mar 31, 2021
Cop kills 19-year-old in Calamba, Laguna over a misunderstanding Mar 28, 2021
Police arrest Cebu town cop for extorting money from parents of drug suspect Mar 16, 2021
Sinas accused of scolding Lumad student for invoking Miranda rights Mar 16, 2021
Calbayog police ask court for list of alleged communists' lawyers; Calbayog intel chief later sacked Mar 13, 2021
Families blocked from claiming bodies of 'Bloody Sunday' victims – lawyer Mar 11, 2021
PNP discourages PDA, holding hands to stem COVID-19 cases Mar 10, 2021
Cop caught on video firing gun before placing it beside body of slain drug suspect Mar 9, 2021
Calbayog City mayor shot dead; PNP says Calbayog mayor killed in ‘shootout’ not ‘ambush’; Samar congressman disagrees, calls for NBI investigation Mar 8, 2021
Bloody Sunday: 9 dead, 6 arrested in Calabarzon crackdown on activists; UN 'appalled' by killings Mar 7, 2021
Julie Catamin, key witness in Tumandok killings in Capiz, shot dead Mar 2, 2021
Police disrupts effigy burning in a protest in Mendiola, destroys art installation, attempts to arrest UPD USC Chair Feb 20, 2021
Police arrest students, teachers in Cebu City Lumad school Feb 15, 2021
Eleven AFP Facebook pages name 27 former UP students, falsely claim they are dead/captured NPA members Jan 23, 2021
Armed police conducts surveillance, asks about UP students' residence areas and activities Jan 23, 2021
Parañaque Task Force violently assaults unarmed man for refusing to turnover his cart during clearing operation Jan 22, 2021
Cops disperse Mendiola Massacre commemoration protest in Cebu, org members harassed and followed by suspected intel agents Jan 22, 2021
PNP backs UP-DND accord termination, claims agreement 'did not serve best interest' Jan 19, 2021
QC cops try to arrest teenage students for painting 'All Cops Are Bastards' mural [Video] Jan 18, 2021
Olongapo police chief sacked after 4 of his cops arrested during shabu lab raid Jan 16, 2021
PNP ignores DOJ, frees 9 cops in intel agents’ slay Jan 13, 2021
PNP declares Christine Dacera's death as 'rape-slay' case without autopsy report, threatens to 'hunt down' 11 suspects without arrest warrant Jan 6, 2021
Jolo police charged with murder, planting evidence in soldiers' slay Jan 4, 2021
Police officer kills man mistaken for robber Jan 4, 2021
Malabon cop arrested for allegedly firing gun during New Year’s Eve festivities Jan 1, 2021

2020

9 red-tagged Tumandoks/IP leaders in Panay killed, 16 arrested in police, military operation. ‘We were all asleep’: Tribal leaders say no villager was armed Dec 30, 2020
Duterte's bodyguards used COVID vaccines 'smuggled' into Philippines, blocks Senate from investigating Dec 30, 2020
5 slain in Rizal shootout not rebels but farmworkers, says rights group Dec 23, 2020
Cpl. Jonel Nuezca shoots dead Sonya & Frank Gregorio in Paniqui, Tarlac Dec 20, 2020
Officers tagged in beheading of man from Baguio; Cordillera police dissolve anti-drug unit Dec 18, 2020
Number of PNP officers who tested positive for illegal drugs increased by 42.85% in 2020 Dec 17, 2020
Cebu City cops 'fake arrest' fastfood chain workers in what they call a 'Christmas prank' Dec 16, 2020
7 Zambales 'ninja cops' sacked Dec 12, 2020
Red-tagged doctor, husband slain in Negros Dec 2, 2020
Daughter of slain peace consultant arrested with newborn son in Cagayan Dec 2, 2020
AFP draws flak over 'war trophy' photo of solon's slain daughter Dec 1, 2020
Kin of slain NDF consultants hit ‘tokhang-style’ murder of ‘elderly, sickly’ couple Dec 1, 2020
P130k shabu seized in Army compound Nov 29, 2020
2 Aetas facing terror charges suffered 'horrendous torture': NUPL Nov 20, 2020
Cavite State University under fire after military official red-tags activists at NSTP webinar Oct 24, 2020
AFP Lt. Gen. Parlade redtags Liza Soberano, Catriona Gray, Angel Locsin—threats to 'suffer the same fate' as killed activists Oct 22, 2020
Baby River Nasino laid to rest, but road to burial filled with tension Oct 16, 2020
Kawit police chief, 5 other cops sacked over alleged illegal arrest Sep 29, 2020
PNP chief says Sinas deserves promotion despite mañanita gaffe Sep 16, 2020
Police 'kidnap' passersby then kill them in fake 'nanlaban' case – NBI Aug 13, 2020
Police 'forcibly takes' Randy Echanis' body from funeral home Aug 11, 2020
Arrests and Harassment vs. SONA 2020 Protesters Jul 27, 2020
NCRPO Chief Sinas says police in "plain clothes" will arrest anyone with protest placards Jul 27, 2020
Police confiscate protesters’ placards during mass in Quiapo Church Jul 27, 2020
PNP confiscates progressive magazine after Anti-Terror Law takes effect Jul 26, 2020
Zamboanga City cop sacked for ‘George Floyd’ tactic vs offender Jul 26, 2020
NCRPO Chief Debold Sinas and armed policemen allegedly trespass and harass family inside their residence Jul 18, 2020
Rights group leader served arrest warrant by cop disguised as delivery man Jul 7, 2020
15-year-old girl Fabel Pineda killed on her way home after filing a rape case against cops Jul 4, 2020
11 activists protesting enactment of Anti-Terrorism Law arrested in Cabuyao Jul 4, 2020
CHR reveals Philippine govt ordered cops not to cooperate with EJK investigation Jul 2, 2020
Cops kill 4 military agents; Army chief cries rubout Jul 1, 2020
Manila Police Arrest 20 Pride Protesters Seeking Virus Aid - The New York Times Jun 30, 2020
Police attempted to arrest intern of Manila Today, an on line independent media Jun 26, 2020
Police raid village in Balingasag, Misamis Oriental, arrest 7 lumad men Jun 26, 2020
16 students nabbed in Iligan City for gathering to call out terror bill Jun 12, 2020
Cops wearing civilian attire violently arrest UP Cebu protesters Jun 7, 2020
Cops arrest 8 at anti-terrorism bill protest in Cebu City Jun 5, 2020
NBI: Cops murdered Winston Ragos, planted evidence Jun 4, 2020
UN report details widespread human rights violations and persistent impunity in the Philippines Jun 4, 2020
6 nagprotestang jeepney driver ikukulong 'hanggang makapagpiyansa' Jun 4, 2020
Near impunity' for drug war killings in the Philippines, UN says Jun 4, 2020
2 cops face murder, theft raps for slay of Iloilo trader, drug personality Jun 3, 2020
To cross coronavirus border, prostituted women abused by cops first May 21, 2020
Sinas, 18 Metro Manila cops charged for birthday feast May 15, 2020
Man who called Duterte 'buang' on Facebook arrested for cyberlibel May 14, 2020
4 arrested for online protest May 3, 2020
42 arrested in Iloilo City for protesting activist’s murder May 2, 2020
10 feeding program volunteers arrested in Marikina May 1, 2020
18 'conducting feeding program' for poor arrested in Quezon City May 1, 2020
Cops arrest labor leaders keeping distance during Labor Day protest May 1, 2020
Illegal detention?': PNP hit anew for arrest of worker and student over quarantine violations Apr 27, 2020
Cop faces homicide raps for fatally shooting Army veteran Winston Ragos in checkpoint Apr 24, 2020
Cops detain ex-lawmaker, volunteers on their way to deliver aid Apr 19, 2020
Police shoot dead farmer who allegedly attacked officers after refusing to wear a face mask Apr 6, 2020
21 protesters demanding food aid arrested in Quezon City Apr 1, 2020
Teacher, son arrested without warrant in GenSan over Facebook post Mar 28, 2020
Bulacan checkpoint evader killed in ‘shooutout’ Mar 25, 2020
Barangay captain, watchmen lock curfew violators in dog cage Mar 21, 2020
Pedestrians run to reach the border after given 30 mins to cross by PNP before closing checkpoint for ECQ Mar 16, 2020
Former Philippines police chief and drug war enforcer to be charged with corruption Jan 17, 2020

2019

LIST: Minors, college students killed in Duterte's drug war Oct 21, 2019
PNP: Gunshot wound pierced brain of 3-year-old killed in Rizal police op Jul 16, 2019
List of youth killed on under Duterte's war on drugs, led by former PNP Chief Bato dela Rosa May 4, 2019
29,000 deaths probed since drug war launched Mar 6, 2019

2017

2016

Philippines police van rams protesters outside US embassy Oct 16, 2016
Drug suspect, 4-year-old daughter killed in police operations Sep 2, 2016

2014

ABOVE THE LAW: POLICE TORTURE IN THE PHILIPPINES Dec 2, 2014