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The impending implementation of the National ID System after a Supreme Court ruling upholding its constitutionality will be a major setback for civil liberties according Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) secretary general Renato M. Reyes, Jr, one of the...
Bayan countered by saying that “the PHRC, by prejudging the incident as a mere propaganda tool by Bayan and Karapatan, shows that it has really no intention of uncovering the truth behind the abduction of Roxas and company. The Philippine government is more...
Filipino Torture Victims Testify Before UN
“The Philippine National Report is significant not for what it says but for what it does not say. It is a selective, one-sided, self-serving account of the Philippine government's so-called achievements and best practices in fulfilling its human rights obligations....
“What business does a notorious human rights violator, the chief butcher of Arroyo, have speaking on human rights and to the UNHRC no less?” said Fidel Agcaoili, head of the Human Rights Monitoring Committee of the NDFP, in reaction to the appointment of Eduardo...
BY RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat The Philippine government's second periodic report to the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) was 'bombarded' with questions, human rights network Philippine UPR Watch said. The 27-member Philippine government delegation,...
It did not come as a surprise that the Committee on Justice of the Lower House voted 48-2 to junk the fourth impeachment complaint against President Arroyo. It would also not come as a surprise if the Arroyo government forces charter change to its completion. But...
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