MANILA — Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Nene Q. Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-Laban) today condemned the murder of Bishop Alberto Ramento, chair…
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In a recent human-rights summit, participants recounted incidents of human-rights abuses and sheer terror in the hands of government forces….
MINDANAO HUMAN RIGHTS SUMMIT September 22-23, 2006 CAP Auditorium, Anda Street, Davao City DECLARATION OF UNITY In the middle of…
Governments Special Investigation Approaches Deadline With No Clear Results NEW YORK As a Philippine government task force nears its…
MANILA — Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Nene Q. Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-Laban) today lamented that the Melo Commissions investigation into the…
What is Operation Phoenix? How can an almost-40-year-old counterrevolutionary program mounted on foreign shores provide relevant insights in explaining the…
The similarities of the atrocities during martial law and today are chilling. Hooded men knocking down doors and dragging out…
The presidential order forming the commission is widely seen more as a political gimmick rather than as a major step…
DAVAO CITY — The deaths of two persons in two days have brought back fears of the dreaded vigilante group…
MANILA — In its country report on the human-rights situation in the Philippines, the U.S. State Department singled out Davao…
