CHR decision on Fil-Am activist case to perpetuate impunity – rights groups

By RONALYN V. OLEA
Human rights group Karapatan said that with the CHR resolution, "the crime of torture will have its heyday under the Aquino administration."
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By RONALYN V. OLEA
Human rights group Karapatan said that with the CHR resolution, "the crime of torture will have its heyday under the Aquino administration."

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"His works as a writer, poet, thespian, singer and songwriter have remained relevant especially to the succeeding generations of UP activists in and out of the university. His bias for the poor and oppressed dates back to his campus days."

By RONALYN V. OLEA
“As we pause from daily routine in this period of spiritual contemplation and renewal, we ask once again that you draw strength from our advocacy to end the impunity that has punished the Filipino people for so long,” media groups told President Benigno S. Aquino III in an open letter.

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
"He is really known in Lemery as a leader who advocates for the interests of the people,”

By JONELLE MARIN
It has been said that children are always caught in the crossfire in a war preventing them from having normal lives. It would have even been better if this was the case, because the following stories are accounts of children who became the target of attacks by the military.

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
By Acosta’s account, the interrogation by at least eight military officials who took turns began 10:30 p.m. on the day of his arrest and ended only on 6:00 pm of February 15. In the intervening 44 hours, he was only allowed two hours of sleep and only because his interrogators themselves already got too tired and sleepy.
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