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Help Not Handcuffs Cohosts Crimes Against Humanity Public UN Event On Thursday

Panel Calls For ICC Intervention in Philippine Mass Murders

By Michelle Gladden


Asbury Park based Help Not Handcuffs has joined close to 25 organizations in a fight to end the killings being done under Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s reign. Elected to office in May 2016, Duterte pledged to kill those involved in drug and criminal activity. Human rights organizations documented alleged death squad killings drug users, petty […]

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Dec 04, 2017
Asbury Park

Asbury Park’s Help Not Handcuffs Granted United Nations Consultative Status

Thompson: Having this kind of access is critical, as our organization fills a key deficit in public policy discourse

By Michelle Gladden


The City’s own Help Not Handcuffs has been granted special consultative status with the UN’s Economic and Social Council [ECOSOC], CEO and founder Randy Thompson announced. Help Not Handcuffs works to help reform drug policy from a recovery and human rights perspective. They have participated in UN policy discussions as a guest member of delegations […]

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Sep 16, 2017