Human Rights

Adding insult to injury: Zero conviction under PH’s anti-torture law

Adding insult to injury: Zero conviction under PH’s anti-torture law

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Jun 26, 2014

A Hong Kong-based legal rights organization said the Aquino administration failed “to investigate, prosecute and convict” state agents and their accomplices for violating the Anti-Torture Act of 2009, as the country is supposed to join the global observance on 
Thursday the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.