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Davao Today columnist Margarita Valle (fourth from left) files counter charges before the Office of the Ombudsman on July 4, 2019, against police and army officers who arrested and detained her last June 9. She was joined by her lawyer Katherine Panguban and colleagues from the alternative media and campus press. (Photo by Alyssa Mae Clarin / Bulatlat)

Veteran journo files criminal, administrative raps vs police, military

Post author:BULATLAT
Post published:July 4, 2019
Post category:Headline Human Rights
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Davao Today columnist Margarita Valle filed criminal and administrative charges before the Office of the Ombudsman today against Philippine National Police and Army officers who arrested her and held her incommunicado for almost 12 hours last June 9.

Photo Courtesy of Bombo Radyo FB page

Bombo Radyo GenSan station strafed by unknown assailant

Post author:DAVAO TODAY
Post published:July 4, 2019
Post category:Headline Human Rights
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A local radio station in General Santos City was peppered with bullets on Wednesday night.

Injured worker of PEPMACO Workers Union (Photo from PWU-NAFLU-KMU)

Pepmaco guards attack sleeping workers, 12 injured

Post author:KODAO Productions
Post published:June 28, 2019
Post category:Headline Human Rights
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Men wearing face masks attacked two separate camps of striking Peerless Products Manufacturing Corporation (Pepmaco) workers in Laguna at one o’clock this morning, injuring 11 workers.

Members of different church groups on Friday, April 7 light candles to call for justice for the victims of extrajudicial killings under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte along Roxas Avenue, Davao City. According to reports by human rights group Karapatan, they recorded 23 cases of politically motivated summary executions since Duterte came into power. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Rights groups welcome calls for UN probe on killings

Post author:KEN E. CAGULA
Post published:June 26, 2019
Post category:Headline Human Rights
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Human rights advocates and lawyers welcomed the recent statement by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressing concern on the human rights situation in the Philippines and a need for an independent probe on extrajudicial killings.

Photo taken from Rural Missionaries of the Philippines' Facebook page

Religious order slams charges against its members

Post author:JIGGER J. JERUSALEM
Post published:June 23, 2019
Post category:Headline Human Rights
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A religious order has denounced the complaints filed against some of its members in Mindanao by state forces calling these charges as “baseless” and “malicious.”

Veteran journo files criminal, administrative raps vs police, military

Bombo Radyo GenSan station strafed by unknown assailant

Pepmaco guards attack sleeping workers, 12 injured

Rights groups welcome calls for UN probe on killings

Religious order slams charges against its members

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