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. It was launched on August 28, 2017, at the

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in the wake of the killing of 17-year-old Kian delos Santos. The group also protests killings associated with the Philippines' war on drugs and harassment of media organizations. The group is a broad alliance that includes religious and political leaders, human rights advocates, activists, academics, lawyers, and journalists. The group's convenors include Congress Representative

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, former senator

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, former representatives Erin Tanada and

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, Bishop

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, and Sister Mary John Mananzan. The group also includes

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(UP) Chancellor

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, and journalist Vergel Santos of the

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. Also among the convenors are

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national chair and law dean

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, Carol Araullo of

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, National Union of People's Lawyers secretary general Edre Olalia, UP professors Rolando Simbulan and Julkipli Wadi, journalist Inday Espina-Varona, actors Mae Paner and Audie Gemora,

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secretary general Cristina Palabay, and Edith Burgos, mother of missing activist Jonas Burgos.{{Cite web, last=Dizon, first=Nikko, date=August 28, 2017, title=Movement against drug killings, 'acts of tyranny' launched, url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/926201/president-duterte-drug-killings-movement-against-tyranny-martial-law, archive-url=, archive-date=, access-date=2020-06-04, website=Inquirer, language=en

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