PH envoy to UN twits rapporteur
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial and Summary Killings Agnes Callamard on Saturday challenged the Duterte administration to lift the ...
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‘Drug suspects need expanded protection’
A lawyer has backed a call for the Supreme Court to formulate a new procedure to address human rights violations ...
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Noy held liable for HR abuses during his term
A LAWMAKER said Thursday former President Benigno Aquino III must be held accountable for the alleged human rights violations under ...
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Imee snipes at FVR over HR abuses
THE eldest daughter of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos on Tuesday blamed former President Fidel V. Ramos, who was chief ...
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US halts gun deal over war on drugs
THE United States has canceled the sale of 26,000 assault rifles to the Philippine National Police due to increasing concerns ...
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CHR: Farmers on their knees shot
THE director of the Commission on Human Rights for Region 12 said Sunday police in Kidapawan City who fired their ...
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