Philippines: Infighting possibly triggered Sulu rampage, AFP says
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has not ruled out squabbling amongst its troops in Sulu as the cause for the Black Saturday shooting rampage that killed nine soldiers…
Task Force Davao To Disband Soon?
Out They Go? The military has been told to prepare a pullout contingency plan for Task Force Davao. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
DAVAO CITY — Despite recent talk about the possible disbandment of the Task Force Davao, some higher officials in the military still believe that the composite police-military unit is going to stay in the city.
The military’s East Mindanao Command chief, Rodolfo Obaniana, said Thursday that they have not received any order for the termination of Task Force Davao, which was created in 2003 after a series of bombings rocked Davao City.
Nene Pimentel to RP’s Lawyers: Uphold the Law, Human Rights
(Speech of Sen. Nene Pimentel, Senate Minority Leader, at the 11th Integrated Bar of the Philippines National Convention, March 29, 2007, in Cagayan de Oro City) There are two things…
UN Calls for Repeal of New Anti-Terror Law
The United Nations’ special rapporteur on human rights, Martin Scheinin, said today the recently passed anti-terrorism bill, called the Human Security Act, should be changed or abolished since, according to him, “implementation of this law could have a negative impact on human rights in the country and undermines the rule of law.”
“I am concerned that many provisions of the Human Security Act are not in accordance with international human rights standards,? Scheinin said, in this statement published on the UN website.
US Bewails ‘Climate of Impunity’ in Philippines
The US State Department released today its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – 2006, which looks at the human-rights situation in countries around the world. The report, prepared by the department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, was released in Washington DC today by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
The report has this to say about the Philippines: “During the year there were a number of arbitrary, unlawful, and extrajudicial killings apparently by elements of the security services and of political killings, including killings of journalists, by a variety of actors. Many of these killings went unsolved and unpunished, contributing to a climate of impunity, despite intensified government efforts during the year to investigate and prosecute these cases.”
It blamed state security forces and insurgents, mainly the New People’s Army, for these attacks.
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