Zarate said that if the AFP can “misrepresent a UN Official, how much more on the ordinary individuals.”
The House Committee on Human Rights has raised questions on the efficiency of the Commission on Human Rights to handle human rights cases, its consultation here has revealed.
The Davao City Council approved Tuesday the report of its committee on the Army killing of three residents in Paquibato District last June that seeks to recall, investigate and file appropriate charges against erring soldiers.
The Davao Light and Power Company today said it will now discontinue the scheduling of rotating power interruptions as the power supply situation improved within its franchise starting Wednesday in time for the Kadayawan Festival.
The City Council here on Tuesday commended Sister Stella Matutina for being a recipient of the prestigious Weimar (Vai-mar) Human Rights Award for the year 2015.
The chairman of the House committee on human rights said he wants to amend a law protecting children after listening to testimonies of educators who alleged they were harassed by the soldiers camping in the schools.
The Armed Forces’ Eastern Mindanao Command apologizes on Thursday for ‘misrepresentation’ of the statement of the United Nations Special rapporteur that made it appear that the latter had described the tribal evacuees in a church compound here as victims of human trafficking.
The village chief of Aliguay Island in Dapitan City is confirmed dead by an official of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Wednesday.
Twenty six year-old rapper BLKD performed in a bar here Monday night for a benefit show for the schooling of indigenous people (IP) children.
Young Filipino-Americans who spent a week in Mindanao formed an alliance with their local counterparts to “strengthen” the campaign for human rights and protection of the environment.
