Dispatches: Killings of Philippine Tribal Members Spark Public Furor
It’s been a bloodbath for the Lumad, the collective name for the indigenous peoples of the southern Philippines island of Mindanao.
Dispatches: President Aquino’s Shameful Silence on Human Rights
Moments after Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III finished his final State of the Nation Address today before Congress, a group of left-wing legislators in the audience unfurled a protest banner that read: “human rights violator.”
Dispatches: Palparan Arrest End of Aquino Apathy on Philippines Impunity?
Philippine authorities did something extraordinary on Tuesday: in the early morning hours they arrested a former senior security forces official implicated in serious human rights violations.
In aftermath of Erap verdict, a focus on Arroyo
of Estrada verdict, a focus
on Arroyo
Abu Sayyaf in Basilan: A deadly redux
in Basilan:
A deadly
redux