Category Archive for: ‘news’
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Three victims add to list of political killings
0Bulatlat.com MANILA – A few days before President Benigno S. Aquino III delivers his State of the Nation Address (Sona), three more victims add to the growing list of political killings. Roque Laputan, 59, a member of Anakpawis partylist, Davao del Sur, was murdered by …
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“No Justice Just Adds to the Pain” – Killings, Disappearances, and Impunity in the Philippines
http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2011/07/18/no-justice-just-adds-pain-0 (Manila) – The Philippine government’s failure to investigate and prosecute extrajudicial killings fuels further military abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The government should ensure that officials vigorously investigate serious human rights violations or face disciplinary action, Human Rights Watch …
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Refusing to live in fear: Portrait of a human rights defender
INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com It has been almost three decades since the downfall of the Marcos dictatorship, but Maria Isabel Aurelia Aquino’s psychological wounds caused by her experiences during those dark days remain as fresh as if they were inflicted yesterday. In her day …
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Australian human rights lawyer says culture of impunity reigns too under Aquino
By Gerry Albert Corpuz, all voices.com MANILA, Philippines-(UPDATE)– An Australian human rights lawyer on Sunday noted the culture of impunity under Philippine President Benigno Simeon Aquino III remains a major concern among human rights advocates in the Philippines and the entire international community. In a …
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An interview with a torture victim by the Asian Human Rights Commission
AHRC-ETC-015-2011,May 23, 2011, SPECIAL REPORT Torture in the Philippines & the unfulfilled promise of the 1987 Constitution OVERVIEW: The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is publishing from today interviews conducted with victims of torture. This series of interviews will discuss, not only about how torture …
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