Human Rights

THIS REFERS to Mark Dia’s letter. (“On Ferraris and use of ‘militant’,” (Inquirer, 11/22/10) The letter raises the potentially problematic appreciation by the international arena of the term “militant” when applied to various groups in the Philippines where it has quite different senses. This is pointed out in the 2010 book “Primed and Purposeful: Armed…

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines  – Pakistan has replaced the Philippines as the “Deadliest Country For Journalists” this year.

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines – Negros Occidental had the most number of human rights violations in Western Visayas in the past 11 months of the year, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) reported.

I’ve been an anti-communist ever since I began writing columns and that’s with the blessings of my mentor and friend, the late Sir Max Soliven, publisher of The Philippine STAR, because he told me once that the Communist Party of the Philippines, the National Democratic Front and the New People’s Army (CPP-NDF-NPA) had more friends…

One extrajudicial killing recorded every week THE Aquino administration is no different from the previous Arroyo administration when it comes to human rights violations and extrajudicial killings, the Catholic Church said Sunday. In a report over the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), the conveners of the Religious Discernment Group denounced the recent spate…

MANILA, Philippines – A total of 48 policemen across the country were kicked out of the Philippine National Police (PNP) for human rights violation for the last three years.

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) – The Philippines today signed the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 9745, otherwise known as the Anti-Torture Law, for its effective enforcement.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC Online 189/101210 ITUC Statement on Human Rights Day Brussels, 10 December 2010 (ITUC OnLine): Fundamental human rights are under attack in every region of the world, and respect for workers’ rights in particular is being undermined as working people are increasingly forced to bear the burden of the global…

MANILA, Philippines – European Union (EU) High Representative Catherine Ashton said yesterday that the promotion and protection of human rights in the Philippines is EU’s key priority and providing support to human rights defenders and their efforts is a concrete expression of its commitment.

10 December 2010: Fundamental human rights are under attack in every region of the world, and respect for workers’ rights in particular is being undermined as working people are increasingly forced to bear the burden of the global economic crisis, in contravention of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other UN and International Labour…

More than 3,000 military and police personnel have been accused of human rights violations since 2005, with a “very dismal” rate of conviction.

MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino has appointed a former brigade commander and intelligence officer as head of the office tasked to look into the human rights complaints involving the military.

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FAILURE TO prosecute perpetrators behind media killings and a weak justice system are reasons violence against journalist persists in the country, making it the most dangerous place for media workers in the world, an official of the United Nations (UN) said.

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MANILA, Philippines—The killing of 57 civilians and media people last year made the Philippines “the most dangerous place in the world for journalists,” said Frank La Rue, UN special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression.

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MANILA, Philippines (PNA) — Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma, guesting at an academic forum at the University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman in Quezon City on Thursday, cited the need for the inclusion of human rights subjects in the basic and tertiary education levels.

MANILA, Philippines – At least one activist has been killed every week since President Aquino assumed office on June 30, the militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) said.

All military units from major services to the battalion level are now required to have a human rights office (HRO) to ensure better adherence to respect of human rights among the officers and men of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

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MANILA, Philippines—Another activist has been killed under the Aquino administration, leaving militants angry that the President’s assurances to do something about the killings have so far come to naught. Carlos Rodriguez, the President of the Nagkakaisang Lakas ng Manggagawa ng Calamba Water District and an officer of Courage, was gunned down in Laguna on Friday…

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MANILA, Philippines (PNA) — The Philippines ranks third after Burma and Indonesia in the list of countries in Southeast Asia with the most number of people displaced by internal armed conflict.

HANOI, Oct 31, 2010 (AFP) – ASEAN’s attitude to Myanmar, and the harsh treatment of activists by the bloc’s chair Vietnam on the eve of its summit, highlight the group’s failure to confront human rights abuses, watchdogs say.

BANGKOK, THAILAND — Members of  human rights organizations in Southeast Asia  have given the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) a failing mark for its performance in its first year.

Makati – On Thursday, October 28, European Union – Philippines Justice Support Program (EPJUST) gathered government and non-government organizations at the Filipinas Heritage Library to discuss the situation of witness protection programs in the Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines—The European Union is providing a grant of 3.9 million euros (about P235 million) over a period of 18 months to assist the Philippines in bringing an end to extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in the country.

Commission on Human Rights (CHR) chair Etta Rosales on Saturday said personnel of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) committed human rights violation in their treatment of inmates, who held noise barrage last week at the Bataan Provincial Jail here.

The ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) finally gets a think tank to help it carry out its duty, with the establishment of the Human Rights Resource Center for ASEAN (HRRCA).