When a country fails in its obligation to protect the lives of human rights defenders but is elected to such a prestigious UN body, it dishonors the UN as an institution and makes a mockery of its ability to promote and protect human rights. By Asian Human Rights...
The PPT Second Session indictment shows that the Philippines has not substantially moved away from political repression and military abuse despite the ouster of a military-backed, U.S.-propped dictatorship nor has it broken free of its neocolonial status despite...
This is a country where seeking justice leads to further injustice, where the culture of impunity is aggravated by a culture of fear and defenselessness, where a corrupt and lawless government in all its brazenness invokes the “rule of law” to justify assaults on...
Families of victims of forced disappearance may still be looking for their missing kin, but they have found strength in each other, and in their common search for the truth. They lit candles on Nov. 2 as a symbol of their ardent struggle for justice and to light...
A Mindanao-based group of nuns has condemned the Oct. 31 Philippine National Police (PNP) raids and searches of the convents of the Contemplatives Good Shepherd (CGS) and the Missionary Sisters of Mary (MSM) in Butuan City as an “attack on the church and the...
The results of the latest survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) regarding the incidence of hunger and poverty are better indicators of the economic situation instead of the so-called growth statistics released by the government. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat...
Is tourism more important than job security for the Macapagal-Arroyo administration? Enlightened workers of public hospitals think so. By PHILIP PARAAN Bulatlat The Macapagal-Arroyo administration is currently promoting medical tourism to have an “effective and...
“Not all solutions to the ongoing conflict in Mindanao can be found in the Constitution.” This was the observation made by MILF spokesman Eid Kabalu in a phone interview with Bulatlat. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat “Not all solutions to the ongoing...
With its trade, mining, and economic interests in the Philippines, it is no wonder that Australia is pushing for the signing of military treaties with the Philippine government. There were reports that even without a treaty, 20 soldiers from the elite Australian...
By Norman Solomon t r u t h o u t | Perspective Saddam Hussein has received a death sentence for crimes he committed more than a year before Donald Rumsfeld shook his hand in Baghdad. Let's reach back into history and extract these facts: * On December 20, 1983,...
The Herald (Glasgow) By Calum MacDonald The trial that sentenced Saddam Hussein to hang was itself in the dock last night with some rights groups and legal experts claiming it was flawed and might fail to persuade Iraqis that justice had been done. Most of the...
Trial a 'mockery of justice' The following statement was released from the defense lawyers’ residence inside the Green Zone in Iraq on Nov. 6. It discusses the Nov. 5 verdicts rendered in the trial of President Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi leaders. The mockery of...
By Tom Engelhardt The wave -- and make no mistake, it's a global one -- has just crashed on our shores, soaking our imperial masters. It's a sight for sore eyes. It's been a long time since we've seen an election like midterm 2006. After all, it's a truism of our...
BY EHSAN AHRARI ASIATIMES The verdict on Saddam Hussein is in. He is guilty of "crimes against humanity" and is sentenced to death by hanging. His trial was generally regarded as devoid of fairness and was highly political. Even the timing of the announcement of...
By Robert Fisk The Independent UK So America's one-time ally has been sentenced to death for war crimes he committed when he was Washington's best friend in the Arab world. America knew all about his atrocities and even supplied the gas - along with the British, of...
NINA AXEL PINPIN AT RONALYN OLEA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Ang Pagdalaw sa Libingan ng mga Buhay* Ni Axel Pinpin, sa ngalan ng Tagaytay 5 Iwan n'yo na ang kandila, 'wag nang mag-abala sa bulaklak 'Wag n'yo lang kalilimutan na magbaon ng halakhak, Pagkat kailangan iyan...
Tutok Karapatan (TutoK), a group of artists advocating human rights, will hold a series of upcoming art events starting this month, tackling the spate of extra-judicial killings in the Philippines. TutoK was formed late last year as a response to what the group...
The idea of terrorism is extended to several forms of social fight and protest. Dissident political and trade union opinions become criminalized. An environment movement such as Greenpeace or animal rights activist is even prosecuted as terrorist in some countries....
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