RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News

MANILA – Human Rights advocates believe President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s criticism of their sector was a &quot;Freudian slip.&quot;&quot;May response ang Palasyo at sinasabi, that was said out of frustration. That is revealing of his mindset...Freudian slip ang tawag diyan,&quot; said Ellecer Carlos of the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA).(The Palace&#x27;s statement that President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s words against the human rights sector were said out of frustration. That is revealing of his mindset...That is called a Freudian slip.)On Monday, Duterte said he will include human rights advocates who protest against the government&#x27;s war on drugs among those &quot;who will die&quot;.<ul class="op-related-articles" title="Read">	<li>READ: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/30/16/duterte-threat-to-kill-rights-defenders-alarms-groups">Duterte threat to kill rights defenders alarms groups</a></li></ul>&quot;The human rights [defenders] say I kill. If I say: &#x27;Okay, I&#x27;ll stop&#x27;. They (drug users) will multiply…When harvest time comes, there will be more of them who will die. Then I will include you among them because you let them multiply,&quot; Duterte said.However, Communications Secretary Martin Andanar <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/01/16/dont-take-duterte-kill-threat-literally-palace">told</a> radio DZMM on Thursday that Duterte was only &quot;using a figure of speech&quot; due to &quot;frustration&quot;.&quot;The President really did not mean na gagawin niya yun. It was just frustration na ini-express niya through language. Kilala naman natin ang Pangulo na ganoon talaga siya magsalita,&quot; Andanar said.Carlos said he is wary how Duterte&#x27;s &quot;double speak&quot; may affect the youth.&quot;Dito sa mga double speak ni Duterte...government will always be a teacher for good or bad. Iyong values orientation, worsening collective sociopathy at effects doon sa pag-iisip, values ng ating kabataan,&quot; he said.(Regarding Duterte&#x27;s double speak...government will always be a teacher of what is good or bad. The youth&#x27;s values and thinking will be affected by this collective sociopathy.)He added that the Palace&#x27;s habit of correcting and &quot;saving&quot; Duterte is &quot;tiring,&quot; especially as negative sentiments towards human rights advocates are no longer mere threats.&quot;Basically, hindi na siya threat. There have been many human rights defenders killed since his assumption into office. In September alone, nine labor leaders were killed…including Rolando Obangan, a labor leader who was fighting for the social protection of persons with disabilities,&quot; Carlos said.Judy Pasimio of the group Lilak (Purple Action for Indigenous Women&#x27;s Rights), meanwhile, said the Palace&#x27;s apologies for Duterte&#x27;s words are a &quot;calculated move.&quot;&quot;It&#x27;s a calculated move from his end to warn, to say what he means, at saka papalabukin na lang ng kaniyang mga kasamang talagang frustrated siya dahil di niya nakukuha yung easy way para ituloy yung kaniyang war against drugs,&quot; she said.(It&#x27;s a calculated move from his end to warn, to say what he means, then his allies will say he is frustrated that he has not gotten the easy way to continue his war against drugs.)It is important for the public to share their reactions to Duterte’s words, said Jean Enriquez of the World March of Women, because it is allegedly the administration’s intention to frighten its detractors.&quot;Sinubukuan nilang patahimikin tayo sa social media sa pamamagitan ng katakot-takot na binayaran nilang trolls. Mga pagbabanta, lalo na sa aming mga kababaihan, panggagahasa, pagpatay, etcetera. Kailangan huwag tayo magpagapi rito,&quot; she said.(They tried to keep us quiet on social media by paying trolls [to speak against us] and threaten us, especially women, with rape, death, etcetera. We can’t let them defeat us.)Human rights groups, Enriquez said, are prepared to file a case with the International Criminal Court on behalf of human rights defenders, if threats against them escalate.Separately, Kabataan Partylist Representative Sarah Elago expressed fears on Thursday that the Philippine National Police&#x27;s announcement of a &quot;<a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/01/16/terror-alert-3-up-in-ph-after-isis-linked-bomb-try-pnp">terror alert level 3</a>,&quot; coupled with the looming declaration of a state of lawless violence, may in fact be a prelude to the declaration of Martial Law, considering that these came up just when people opposed recent acts by the administration.According to the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group, over 2,500 have been <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/specials/map-charts-the-death-toll-of-the-war-on-drugs">killed</a> since the government&#x27;s controversial campaign against drugs began five months ago.

MANILA – Human Rights advocates believe President Rodrigo Duterte's criticism of their sector was a "Freudian slip".

MANILA – Human Rights advocates believe President Rodrigo Duterte's criticism of their sector was a "Freudian slip".

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Human rights advocates slam Duterte 'Freudian slip'

RG Cruz,

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Published Dec 01, 2016 06:08 PM PHT

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