Posted by Bicol Today on January 16, 2008
By Jaymee T. Gamil
PDI Southern Luzon Bureau
LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines — Bereaved families of victims of extrajudicial killings in the Bicol region have lost hope in attaining justice through government intervention, even as the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported an 83-percent drop in activist slays for the past year. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Bicol Today on December 15, 2007
Filipinos joined by Burmese and Japanese human rights groups gathered in Nagoya and Tokyo on December 8 and 9 to protest against extra judicial killings, enforced disappearances and other violations of human rights in the Philippines which is � one of the serious crimes committed by the Arroyo regime against the Filipino people and against humanity�, says Migrante � Japan, one of the lead organizers of the protest. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Bicol Today on December 8, 2007
The human rights watchdog KARAPATAN today renewed calls for the ouster of Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in order to improve the human rights and overall situation in the country.
“The civil, political, economic and social rights of every Filipino are being violated by this dangerous, fascist regime. Arroyo’s continued implementation of her counterinsurgency program Oplan Bantay Laya II, the Anti-Terror Law and other draconian measures show her blatant disregard for the growing criticism of her regime’s human rights record,” said Marie Hilao-Enriquez, secretary general of the Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights (KARAPATAN). Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Human Rights, Philippine Updates, Politics | Tagged: Extra Judicial Killings, Karapatan, Human rights report, GMA ouster, Oplan Bantay Laya, Military atrocities | No Comments »
Posted by Bicol Today on November 28, 2007
Alston report: AFP behind killings
Report rejects RP claim of Red purge
InquirerLast updated 09:13am (Mla time) 11/28/2007
MANILA, Philippines–“STRIKINGLY UNCONVINCING” IS HOW A United Nations special rapporteur has dismissed the claim of Philippine authorities that the extrajudicial killings of leftist activists were a result of internal purges in the communist ranks.
Philip Alston, an Australian academic assigned by the UN Human Rights Council to look into the executions that have drawn international outrage, said in his final report released on Monday that the Armed Forces of the Philippines had killed leftist activists as part of a campaign against communist insurgents. Read the rest of this entry »
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