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Relatives of slain Filipino journalists take their complaints to UN
Families of five journalists killed from 2000 to 2008 have filed a complaint with the United Nations Human Rights Committee after the Philippine government failed to deliver justice. »Read More
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US judge orders payment of $7.5M to Marcos victims
U.S. Federal Judge Manuel Real has ordered the payment of $7.5 million to the complainants in a human rights violation case filed against former president Ferdinand Marcos 25 years ago. »Read More
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Landmark UN desaparecidos treaty enter into force
AS a landmark United Nations treaty to deter enforced disappearances entered into force December 23, Philippine-based Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances called on President Aquino to sign the treaty and work on its ratification without further delay. »Read More
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Human rights group urges Aquino to free all other political prisoners
PRESIDENT Bengino Aquino III on Saturday was urged to order the release of all other political prisoners following his announcement that charges against the "Morong 43" will be withdrawn. »Read More
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3,000 soldiers, cops face human rights raps; conviction rate ‘dismal’
By CHIT ESTELLA
MORE than 3,000 military and police personnel have been accused of human rights violations since 2005, with a “very dismal” rate of conviction. »Read More -
Iraq beats PHL as 20th signatory to UN ‘desaparecidos’ treaty
By ELLEN TORDESILLAS
IN the normal cycle of life, a person is born, he lives, he dies. He does not disappear. Yet it happens. People disappear. Jonas Burgos, rural organizer and son of press freedom icon Jose Burgos, Jr., was never seen again after he was picked up by men believed to be members of the military in a Quezon City mall on April 28, 2007. »Read More -
‘Morong 23′ health workers go on hunger strike
FORTY-THREE detained health workers began a hunger strike on Friday to press President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino to order the withdrawal of criminal charges against them. The health workers, also called the “Morong 43,” were accused of the nonbailable offense of illegal possession of firearms and explosives. They were arrested on Feb. 6 by police and »Read More
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Kin of massacre victims explore U.N. help on court case
By MYLAH ROQUE
RELATIVES of victims of the year-old Maguindanao massacre on Monday sought the help of the visiting United Nations Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Opinion and Expression in speeding up prosecution of members of the Ampatuan family and more than a hundred others charged with the multiple killings that have been described as the country’s worst election-related violence. »Read More -
Aquino reminded of vow to disband private armies
By AVIGAIL OLARTE
NEARLY a year after the Maguindanao massacre, the Aquino administration has yet to make good on its promise to disarm and disband all private armies in the country. »Read More -
Gov’t support for warlords led to human rights abuses
By CHIT ESTELLA
AN international human rights organization said Philippine government support for political warlords was responsible for the Maguindanao massacre and other blatant incidents of human rights violations committed by such forces. »Read More
