Protests against Former President Rodrigo Duterte escalated on November 18, 2016, following Duterte's support of the burial of the late president Ferdinand Marcos. These series of protests are mostly conducted by progressive groups and other opposing figures mainly due to the ongoing war on drugs, the declaration of martial law in Mindanao, and employment issues such as contractual terms being applied by companies and inflation which occurred due to the passage of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law. Other causes of the protests include the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, the passage of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, and the shutdown and franchise denial of ABS-CBN. Causes of the protests War on drugs, extrajudicial killings, and other police-related controversies Duterte began the war against illegal drugs in the country the moment he began his presidency, promising to kill thousands of people involved in the drug trade. During the course of the drug war, more than 6,000 mostly petty drug users and suspects have been killed during police anti-drug operations. The killings have garnered attention from human rights groups, Western governments, and U.N. rights experts. Protests against the war on drugs, such as one done by Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) in front of Camp Crame, have been conducted as early as August 2016. Despite the deaths in the campaign, Duterte's popularity in opinion polls has remained high. A coalition named "Manlaban sa EJK" (Manananggol Laban sa Extra Judicial Killings) was formed by lawyers, teachers, and law students in November 2017. Aside from the war on drugs and extrajudicial killings, there have been forced disappearances under the Duterte administration. with at least 50 cases of enforced disappearance as of August 30, 2020. Forced disappearances are commemorated every All Saints' Day by relatives – many of whom have been grieving since the Arroyo administration (as in the case of Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño in 2006). According to the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), there have been 1,993 cases of forced disappearances since Marcos regime. The death toll from war on drugs varies: officials claim that the number of those killed have reached 5,779, but opposition leaders and human rights workers assert that more than 27,000 have been killed. Killings of delos Santos, Arnaiz and de Guzman The most notable case of youth casualties during the campaign is the killing of 17-year-old student, Kian Loyd