Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 13:26:01 +0000
Several human rights groups on Monday filed a petition for review before the Supreme Court (SC) over the decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) to dismiss for their petition for writs of amparo and habeas data for the protection of their members.
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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 06:02:32 +0000
The CHR said it is investigating the series of deaths in Negros Oriental, saying the spike in “brutal killings” in the province is alarming.
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Read moreCredit to Author: racosta| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 22:10:07 +0000
The war on drugs will likely remain the centerpiece program of the Duterte presidency in its last three years, notwithstanding the international notoriety it has earned for the 74-year-old leader, according to human rights advocates.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 13:44:02 +0000
Thousands of Philippine police officers have received administrative punishments for wrongdoings during drug raids, officials said Thursday.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 13:29:18 +0000
The Court of Appeals has submitted for resolution the writ of amparo case filed by the NUPL against the military and the police.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 12:47:07 +0000
Karapatan hits the PNP for saying it would “most probably” conduct random inspections of protesters’ belongings on day of Duterte’s SONA.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 11:46:29 +0000
Malacañang slammed as an “abuse of United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) processes” the Iceland-led resolution that would probe the human rights situation in the Philippines.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 11:39:11 +0000
Former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque has called the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) a “toothless tiger.”
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 04:52:10 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde on Friday said the Communist Party of the Philippines
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Read moreCredit to Author: CATHERINE S. VALENTE, TMT| Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 01:28:50 +0000
MALACAÑANG on Friday slammed the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution seeking an investigation on the war on illegal drugs in the Philippines, saying President Rodrigo Duterte’s presidency is…READ
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