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 [...]
UN report on extrajudicial murder in the Philippines
November 26th, 2007 No Comments
Tags: Davao · Death Squads · Human Rights · Human Security Act · Impunity · Leftist Factions · Philippines · Police Violence · War on Terror
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July 22nd, 2007 No Comments
“If I look at the provisions of the antiterror law, I would not trust even the most upright government with them, much less a government which has actually a very questionable track record with respecting human rights and the civil liberties of its citizens.”Interview with Atty. Ibarra “Barry” Gutierrez, Director of the University of the [...]
Tags: antiterror law · Complaining about schoolwork · Human Rights · Human Security Act · Impunity · Philippines · Police Violence





