Archive for the ‘Human Rights’ Category

Cecille Suerte Felipe
Philippine Star
Government agencies have joined hands in investigating the murder of a radio commentator in Northern Samar last Tuesday night.
A source said Task Force 211 is now closely coordinating with local authorities to identify those behind the killing of Leo Mila, a radio announcer of 104.5 Radyo Natin.
Task Force 211, under the supervision [...]

Philippine Star
The Philippine Army has intensified its campaign against human rights violations by investigating officers and men who have been implicated in such cases and to educate soldiers on international protocols.
Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner, Army spokesman, said their human rights team has started making the rounds of camps in Luzon and the Visayas to conduct [...]

Dennis Jay Santos, Jeffrey M. Tupas
Inquirer
DAVAO CITY – A farmers’ leader was shot and killed by three unidentified men who disrupted a meeting of cooperative members in a remote village here on Saturday night, according to his colleague.
Vicente Paglinawan, vice president of the Pambansang Kilusan ng Samahang Magsasaka (Pakisama) in Mindanao, was talking about development [...]

Nikko Dizon
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines — The United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) has released a report saying the Philippine government violated provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in the murders of activists Eden Marcellana and Eddie Gumanoy in 2003.
Copies of the report were distributed to media on Monday [...]

Aurea Calica
Philippine Star
Sen. Richard Gordon is asking the Philippine National Police (PNP) to submit to the Senate a progress report on its investigations into the killings of journalists and activists.
Gordon said PNP officials must bring the list of people who had been killed so that they could explain what they have been doing to address [...]

Cecille Suerte Felipe and Ben Serrano
Philippine Star
Police investigators have taken over the murder case of the radio commentator who was shot dead in front of his seven-year-old daughter in Gingoog City in Misamis Oriental last Monday.
A source said Task Force Usig director Chief Superintendent Raul Bacalzo is now coordinating with local police in investigating the [...]

Karen Lapitan
Philippine Daily Inquirer
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – A militant labor leader was almost hit by bullets when two unidentified armed men shot his residence several times Thursday night in Riverside, Calamba City at 9:30 p.m., a labor group reported Friday morning.
The labor leader, identified as Arnold Cerdo, is a staff member of the Cabuyao Workers [...]

Manila Times
THERE is an advancement in protecting human rights in the Philippines, but much work still needs to be done, human rights group Amnesty International said Sunday.
Jeselle Papa, spokesperson for Amnesty Philippines, stressed that while the Philippines has enacted laws and lobbied for initiatives that aims to protect human rights, the limited awareness of the [...]

Katherine Adraneda
Philippine Star
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said yesterday it is likely to endorse a moratorium on demolitions and forced evictions, as it expressed support for the Supreme Court’s plan to expand the coverage of the writ of amparo to protect people against demolitions.
In a dialogue with urban poor groups, CHR chairwoman Leila de [...]

Philippine Star
Amnesty International asked President Arroyo yesterday to prosecute perpetrators of unexplained killings and enforced disappearances based on “international standards of fairness.”
Making the appeal in an open letter were 14 directors of the London-based human rights group from the United States, Japan, Germany, the European Union, France, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, Austria, Hong Kong, [...]