“President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says incidents of human rights violations in the Philippines were "down by half" in 2023, compared to the previous year.”
What Vera Files found
Although Marcos did not cite any basis for the claim, data from the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) show that cases of alleged human rights violations did fall in 2023 but not by 50%. CHR recorded 1,608 cases of alleged HRVs that year, down by only 4.51% from 1,684 in 2022.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. made this claim around 18 March 2024. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 12 April 2024, 25 days later. Its rating was “Needs context”.
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has 62 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 43 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/pm6sROR58QA?t=226
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