Press Release
August 16, 2019

WE REMEMBER KIAN
*Akbayan Senator Risa Hontiveros on the second year since the death of Kian delos Santos

Today, we remember and commemorate the second year since the death of 17-year-old senior high school student Kian delos Santos.

Murdered by abusive elements of the police force on the evening of August 16, 2017, Kian became the face of drug-related extrajudicial killings in the country, spawned by President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal and abusive war on drugs.

Since then, thousands have been killed in Tokhang operations and even by extrajudicial killers, emboldened by this administration's kill-kill-kill policy.

Marami sa mga napatay ay mga bata, mga anak natin. Myca (3 taong gulang), Althea (4), Danica (5), Francis (5), at San Niño (7). Sila ay ilan lamang sa mga pangalang patuloy nating inaalala sa hangaring makamit ang katarungan para sa lahat ng naging biktima ng madugo, tiwali at abusadong war on drugs ni Pangulong Duterte.

Hindi tayo makakalimot. Tuloy ang laban para sa katarungan, karapatang pantao at demokrasya.

We remember. We will never forget.

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