I’ve been thinking quite a bit about death squads today — mostly because of an interesting article by Greg Grandin I read this morning, but also partly because of correspondence with friends from Davao, partly because it’s a change from working on papers, and partly because I am clearly a somewhat disturbed person.
In the article [...]
Tags: Arroyo · Death Squads · Philippines
The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (now there’s a job title) has just released his report on the Philippines. I realize that some of you may have actual lives, but I’m pretty excited it’s out, and I know human rights activists in the Philippines are too. The report doesn’t say anything [...]
Tags: Davao · Death Squads · Human Rights · Human Security Act · Impunity · Leftist Factions · Philippines · Police Violence · War on Terror
Sorry for the communication gap. It’s not as easy to stay in touch in Mindanao as it is in Manila.I’m in Zamboanga now, after 5 days in Davao. Everything’s been going well so far. I had to wake up kind of distressingly early for my flight, but I’m still mostly functional, was [...]
Tags: Davao · Death Squads · Philippines · Plastic Bags · Police Violence · Zamboanga
