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By RONALYN V. OLEA
Human rights group Karapatan said that with the CHR resolution, "the crime of torture will have its heyday under the Aquino administration."
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“After almost four years of waiting, we finally see a glimmer of hope…While we seem to have won this battle, the real measure of success is the recovery of my son. We shall continue the fight until Jonas is returned to us, alive and well and justice is served.” – Edita Burgos
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Companies like OceanaGold that violate human rights and destroy the environment have no reason to stay and should not be allowed to operate in our country...” – Clemente G. Bautista Jr., national coordinator of Kalikasan PNE.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Karapatan, Kilusang Mayo Uno and Anakbayan point out that Akbayan's Etta Rosales had, in the past, mouthed the military line that the extrajudicial killings were part of "internal purges" in the CPP-NPA. “Appointing her to the commission is highly unreasonable, if not insane,” the KMU said.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
and ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
The AFP said the commission should first get clearance from the courts before the AFP could produce the detainees. CHR chairwoman Leila de Lima retorted: "Please do not restrict our authority to determine the truth."
Melissa Roxas at the hearing on her case before the Commission on Human Rights in Quezon City. The hearing was still ongoing as of noon time Thursday. (Photos by Ronalyn V. Olea / bulatlat.com) Click here for more on Melissa Roxas and her abduction and...
By WENDY ATUBAN Human Rights Watch Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat MANKAYAN, Benguet – Residents of Barangay (village) Bulalacao here reiterated their call for the immediate pullout of the army battalion reportedly overstaying in their village. Upon the...
There is no existing law in the Philippines criminalizing enforced disappearances. While Republic Act No. 7438 guarantees the rights of persons arrested, detained or under custodial investigation, it does not punish perpetrators of enforced disappearances. Victims...
“The Philippine National Report is significant not for what it says but for what it does not say. It is a selective, one-sided, self-serving account of the Philippine government's so-called achievements and best practices in fulfilling its human rights obligations....
BY BULATLAT The militant women's group GABRIELA earlier today filed charges of human rights violations, physical injuries, and abuse of authority against Manila Police District (MPD) Director Supt. Roberto Rosales at the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and the...
It is a shame to hear that the Commission on Human Rights, despite the taxing demand it now faces amid unsolved and continuing cases of extrajudicial killings, abductions, torture, and disappearances, is getting a mere pittance from the country’s PhP 1.4 trillion...
Members of a coalition calling for the release of jailed labor lawyer Remigio Saladero, Jr. and other activists facing trumped-up criminal charges trooped today to the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and urged Chairperson Leila de Lima to investigate his illegal...
Even as they were accompanied by representatives from the Commission of Human Rights (CHR), members of the Balao family and officers of the of Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) were denied entry to military camps in Manila last Oct. 27. BY CYE REYES Northern...
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