Human Rights

Military to blame for children’s suffering in Central Mindanao

An interfaith mission deplores the government's all-out war in Central Mindanao for causing trauma and suffering among hundreds and thousands of children. The National Interfaith Humanitarian Mission (NIHM), which traveled…

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Congress HR committee looks into extra judicial killings in Mindanao

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN | Davao Today


A witness takes oath to tell the truth during the public hearing conducted by the House Committee on Human Rights in August. Victims and witnesses from the Mindanao regions presented their accounts on the human rights abuses allegedly committed by the government troops. Rep. Lorenzo Tanada III, chairperson and Rep. Satur Ocampo, House Deputy Minority Leader, were present at the hearing. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)

The best deterrent to crime is when the wheels of justice, no matter how slow, really move and convict people who are guilty. This is the statement made by Lorenzo ?Erin? Ta?ada IIII, chair of the House of Representatives' committee on human rights, after a two-day hearing for the Mindanao regions of the ongoing Congressional inquiry on extrajudicial killings.

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