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CHR probes alleged human rights violations during Manila riots

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is looking into alleged human rights violations after several individuals were arrested in the wake of riotous protests...

Fiscal autonomy for CHR

If there’s an agency that deserves an expanded mandate and hence a bigger budget because of its Constitutional duties, it’s the Commission on Human...

Widodo says regrets past rights abuses in Indonesia

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday expressed regret over mass human rights violations committed in the country’s past, including a violent anti-communist purge in...

2 UN special rapporteurs due in Manila—CHR

Two United Nations special rapporteurs are due in Manila to look into incidents of human rights violations, specifically exploitation and sexual abuse of children,...

PNP to US Congress: Specify human rights raps

The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Wednesday appealed to American lawmakers to specifically cite accusations of human rights violations hurled against the institution. “I hope...

‘A staggering milestone’

The United Nations said on Monday that more than 100 million people across the globe have been forcibly displaced. These are the people forced...

NTF-ELCAC: No factual, legal bases in CHR report

The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Monday has debunked claims of alleged human rights violations made by the...

HRW to BBM: Address human rights concerns due to anti-drug war

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called on leading presidential candidate and former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to address alleged violations of human...

Never again!

"Yes, we are very—too—invested in this campaign." Why are Vice-President Leni Robredo’s volunteers invested in the coming elections? The kind of commitment and enthusiasm shown...

Palace hits ‘campaign’ to sanction Rody

Malacañang denounced on Thursday a global campaign to impose sanctions on President Duterte and other ranking government officials for allege human right violations. The International...

EU requirements for PH on trade pact ‘fake news’

Reports of non-compliance of the Philippines to resolve human rights violations and lack of press freedom as a requisite for the renewal of the...

Belarus, Poland violate human rights of migrants at their border—watchdog

Belarusian border guards may be guilty of torture against migrants on the country’s border with Poland, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday, adding that both...

UK imposes more sanctions on Myanmar military-linked interests

Britain on Thursday announced sanctions against the Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC) for its role "in serious human rights violations", a week after Washington cracked...

Locsin to solons: EU devolving into ‘stupidity’

The European Parliament had devolved into "stupidity," Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin Jr. said on Monday, with a resolution adopted by 626 out...
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