Dear Rappler reader,
At 6:00 tonight, August 21, concerned citizens will stage a rally at the People Power Monument to demand justice for Kian Loyd delos Santos, the 17-year-old student killed in anti-drug operations in Caloocan City.
Kian is not the first minor who fell victim to the administration’s drug war. Our list shows at least 31 of them.
Why the anger of Kian’s case? Our #AnimatED this week explains: it is because while the war on drugs remains relentless in the country’s poorest communities, the President remains silent over the 6.4 billion peso shabu shipment which managed to slip through the Bureau of Customs.
It is because while children of the poor are being killed without benefit of due process, the charges against the President’s son are dismissed outright as nothing more than propaganda.
Over 30 years ago today, a dictator made the mistake of thinking that he can kill without facing consequences. He thought one more death would not matter. It was his biggest mistake.
We continue to watch these developments as we bring you the most important news of the day.
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