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The government says it will exercise "human compassion" as a COVID-19 positive senator broke quarantine rules. Here's a thread of how / why Filipinos don't feel this on the ground. First, from Manila police today: "Anyone out at the wrong time will be shot, you sons of bitches."https://twitter.com/DZMMTeleRadyo/status/1242992984011898880 …
A village captain in Laguna, south of Manila, put curfew violators in a dog cage for talking back to officials. Yes, the Facebook post where the captain admits to it is still up. In it, he says, "You be the judge." https://www.rappler.com/nation/255342-barangay-captain-cages-curfew-violators-sta-cruz-laguna …
In another barangay in Metro Manila, curfew violators are made to sit out under the heat of the sun. Human rights advocates argue that this prolonged exposure qualifies as torture. Local authorities also posted about it on Facebook.https://www.rappler.com/nation/255645-barangay-san-isidro-paranaque-curfew-violators-punished-sit-under-sun-curfew …
A 69-year-old homeless woman was arrested in Manila on March 16, the day before "enhanced community quarantine" became effective, for alleged disobedience to authority. The charges against her have a minimum penalty of almost $2,000. https://www.rappler.com/nation/254926-cops-arrest-homeless-lola-shouted-tanods-warning-about-curfew …
Over 30 people were arrested in the surfing destination of Siargao and detained for a night. "Recalcitrant ones" got locked in a cell. Siargao is not part of the region Duterte declared a lockdown over, though other areas have been following suit.https://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2020/03/32-foreigners-locals-in-siargao-arrested-for-violating-quarantine-curfew/ …
Someone who evaded a checkpoint in Bulacan was shot and killed by police. The police said he fought back and shot first, a common script from authorities in Duterte's bloody drug war.https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/03/25/2003278/bulacan-checkpoint-evader-killed-shooutout …
A 28-year-old woman in a town in Eastern Samar was arrested for not being able to keep her kids indoors. Not only does it sound like a mere barangay spat, but she was detained as of two days ago. Unanswered: what happened to her kids?https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1247729/woman-arrested-for-refusing-to-keep-her-children-at-home-during-covid-19-quarantine …
Human Rights Watch linked out here to reports that hundreds arrested for violating curfew, including 700+ in Bacolod, over just a week. (Is social distancing even maintained in detention?) This is all I have for today, but will keep updating this thread.https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/03/26/philippines-curfew-violators-abused …
Summed up concerns of human rights violations, a couple of examples from this thread, and @Reaproy's statement from earlier today, in this evening's log from the Philippines for @washingtonpost! 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/26/coronavirus-latest-news/ …
Women, including @abscbnsports' @dnicednsay, have posted about harassment in checkpoints, and police asking for their numbers.
I wonder if the complaints listed here () would have been heeded by authorities if actress Bela Padilla didn't signal boost?https://www.interaksyon.com/celebrities/2020/03/26/165098/reports-harassment-women-muslim-checkpoints-pnp-afp-bela-padilla/ …
In this post by @chiarazambrano, a man was made to sit for three hours in a covered court after he kept working, inviting people to have car windows tinted.
He said he knew it wasn't allowed, but he had no food for his family. He went home empty-handed. https://www.facebook.com/chiarazambrano/posts/10161069592674815 …
In General Santos, a teacher and her son were arrested without warrants after an online post of hers alleged that there was food going undistributed at a local gym.https://twitter.com/rapplerdotcom/status/1243708232792752129?s=20 …
Today, translating from @DZMMTeleRadyo: Police are arresting people from Sitio San Roque in Quezon City. They ventured out, against quarantine rules, to ask the local government to give them food assistance.https://twitter.com/DZMMTeleRadyo/status/1245190338727141377 …
This woman is saying: “You have no mercy. Where will we get our food now? You are arresting our husbands. They’re our only hope, to get food for us and our families. You have no right to arrest them!”https://twitter.com/DZMMTeleRadyo/status/1245197951850274817?s=20 …
After news of Duterte's order to kill quarantine violators, via @JervisManahan: A volunteer was shot dead while watching over his neighborhood compound. A respondent said he was killed by four men on two motorcycles. They escaped. Search ongoing.https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1245376928363601921?s=20 …
Via @jagoncilloINQ, from March 31: A 28-year-old curfew violator died in detention in Taguig. Authorities are not ruling out foul play.
Officers said that he was arrested for trying to "push" and hit arresting officers. He was in detention for 11 days.https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1251304/taguig-curfew-violator-dies-in-detention …
A farmer from the southern PH is shot and killed after reportedly refusing to wear a face mask. Police say the man was drunk and he ran amok with a large knife. Since Duterte rose to power, authorities often say those killed by police attacked first. https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/04/20/magsasakang-ayaw-umanong-magsuot-ng-face-mask-patay-sa-pamamaril-ng-pulis …
From yesterday: An ambulance driver moving frontliners was shot in the hand. The suspect wouldn't let him pass through a subdivision and thought he was transporting COVID-19 patients. This is the latest in reports of violence against health workers...https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/balitambayan/promdi/732551/ambulance-driver-na-naghahatid-sa-frontliners-binaril-dahil-pinaghinalaang-covid-19-patients-ang-isinas/story/ …
Context: Duterte has decried violence against health workers—people reportedly threw bleach on a nurse in Mindanao—but he also gave a go-ahead for authorities to shoot and even kill quarantine violators. He later claimed he said no such thing, though transcripts say otherwise.pic.twitter.com/oLbkd2paEV
21 people who asked for food aid on April 1 were arrested; bail costs ₱15,000 (almost $300) each. How steep is this? Minimum wage is just above ₱500; these people live from hand to mouth. An opposition senator's family has since offered to cover bail.https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/news/256931-frankie-pangilinan-parents-offer-bail-out-san-roque-quezon-city-residents …
From yesterday, via @CMarquezINQ: At least 19 vegetable vendors were arrested and detained in Quezon City for "illegally selling goods." The vendors were reportedly selling food "for fear of going hungry."https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1254160/fearing-hunger-19-vendors-sell-vegetables-jailed-in-qc-for-illegally-selling-goods …
#ICYMI via @rapplerdotcom: Three people from the LGBTQ+ community were "ordered to kiss each other and do a sexy dance in front of a minor" for violating curfew.
An anti-discrimination bill that would penalize this has languished in Congress for years.https://twitter.com/rapplerdotcom/status/1247509854039785478?s=20 …
The minor was also a curfew violator. Other people were reportedly "given bond papers, which they had to wet with sweat, while the rest laid on the road until morning." They were threatened with paddling.
Their punishment was livestreamed. Full report https://www.rappler.com/nation/257292-barangay-captain-lgbtq-quarantine-violators-lewd-acts-punishment?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nation …
Yesterday, on Easter Sunday, a man was arrested after stopping to pray outside a closed church. Reported by @eacayan for @GettyImages:https://twitter.com/eacayan/status/1249266829106659328?s=20 …
Seven people wanted to return to their hometown up north after losing their jobs in Manila during quarantine. The village officials who helped them were arrested. The charge: smuggling.https://www.rappler.com/nation/257957-barangay-councilors-arrested-smuggle-townmates-pangasinan-coronavirus …
A vendor in Cebu City is arrested for not having a quarantine pass. Afterward, she realizes she lost almost $600. Other people who were caught were made to dance the Sinulog, a prayer ritual, as punishment. (Check erratum / update on the original tweet.)https://twitter.com/TheFreemanNews/status/1252135870523555842 …
Via @gergcahiles for @cnnphilippines: People arrested in Cavite with or without a quarantine pass. This woman is saying: "We're not scattering about. We just went out to buy food."https://twitter.com/gergcahiles/status/1252430762411876357?s=20 …
Police barge into a condominium in Taguig without a warrant, with one reportedly waving a gun at residents. Building management says they already closed the gym and the pool, but residents could go out if they wore masks and practiced social distancing.https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1261341/cops-enforcing-quarantine-rules-barge-into-gated-taguig-city-condo-compound?fbclid=IwAR01O2Yt1N8mv7c7mz3jGl_ngsgLS6I4eXac-eYGZ187k_SI3Ue8JE5dB7w#ixzz6K6Ac7rdX …
From today: The man was killed on the spot.https://twitter.com/gergcahiles/status/1252886248357679105?s=20 …
(Warning: Graphic video) Cops said a gun was later found on the man, but local reports say his family denies this. They also revealed he had schizophrenia and PTSD from his time in the military; he was supposedly last deployed during the Marawi siege.https://twitter.com/barnabychuck/status/1252900240983650305?s=20 …
Context: This is not the first reported police killing since lockdown in the Philippines began a month ago, but it's likely the first caught on video. Earlier in this thread is an entry of a drunk man killed in Mindanao; police alleged he attacked them with a bolo (large knife).
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