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Aquino’s first year and human rights
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The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today said that the call made by US ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney to punish human rights violators was hollow and hypocritical. The group instead demanded an end to US aid for human rights violators in the Philippines.
enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, human rights, military, US military assistanceMalacanangs confirmation that notorious retired general Jovito Palparan is being considered for an appointive position in government continues to draw…
extrajudicial killings, jovito palparan, military, PDEASenator Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr. today dared the Arroyo administration to prosecute retired Army Gen. Jovito Palparan for his alleged involvement in extrajudicial killings and disappearances of political activists, instead of tapping him in the campaign against illegal drugs.
enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, jovito palparanThe clamor for justice over the massacre in Mendiola Bridge that led to the murder of 13 farmers and injury of 39 others twenty two years ago still echoes today in the streets.
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HUMAN RIGHTS By Alan Davis and Ma. Cecilia L. Rodriguez | In his radio broadcasts, Aresio Padrigao attacked city hall, the local government and, too, the local police and the local Department of Environment and Natural Resources office for what he saw was a failure to catch illegal loggers. On Nov. 17, he was shot dead.
extrajudicial killings, human rights, press freedomHUMAN RIGHTS By Ronalyn V. Olea | The United Nations Human Rights Committee concluded that the Philippine government violated the rights of Eden Marcellana, then secretary general of Karapatan-Southern Tagalog, and Eddie Gumanoy, a peasant leader, who were allegedly murdered by state security forces in Mindoro in 2003.
extrajudicial killings, human rightsThe third quarter of 2008 saw a surge in abductions and disappearances, arrests and the use of torture. Extrajudicial killings continued, with Mindanao suffering the most number of civilian casualties. These are among the findings of the human rights group Karapatan in its latest quarterly report. Download the document here (PDF, 500mb)
extrajudicial killings, human rightsReporters Without Borders called today for more police to investigate the killings of five journalists in the Philippines this year,…
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