Topic: Human Rights
Priest blames mining company for family killing – Thirteen soldiers to face court martial over shootings
November 7, 2012 · , Keith Bacongco, Kidapawan City, Philippines, November 5, 2012
Officials of Sagittarius Mines should be held liable for the military’s killing of a tribal family late last month, says an Italian missionary who has been working in Mindanao for four decades. “SMI became the reason why the military intervened, why people are divided, why many people are afraid of losing water and land itself,” […]
Read More...Should the Philippines decriminalize prostitution? – UN-backed report on sex workers splits Philippine opinion
November 5, 2012 · , Kerima Bulan T. Navales, Davao City Philippines, October 25, 2012
Ana Luisa Calix was only 15 years old when she was raped. A friend, who she trusted, sold her to a rapist. Thus began her rapid descent into prostitution in Davao, the largest city in Mindanao. Trapped in a world where girls of her age are easily and readily exploited, she had nobody to turn […]
Read More...BRING ME HIS HEAD ON ICE – 5 MILLION REWARD OFFERED – Vice-mayor calls for decapitated head of alleged car thief
November 5, 2012 · , Kerima Bulan T. Navales, Davao City, Philippines October 29, 2012
A war of words has broken out between the chief of the nation’s human rights body and the controversial vice-mayor of a southern city after the local official called for a suspected car thief’s decapitated head to be brought before him. Loretta Ann Rosales, chairman of the Commission on Human Rights, said the call issued […]
Read More...Aquino told: Stop the killings in Philippines
October 30, 2012 · , SunStar
PHILIPPINE solidarity groups in New Zealand expressed their concern over the reported increase in the number of activists and journalists killed under Philippine President Benigno Aquino III’s administration. Gathered at the farm of milk-producing cows in New Zealand, members of the Philippines Solidarity Network of Aotearoa (PSNA) noted that 1,000 activists and journalists were killed […]
Read More...Anger over slow pace of hunt for priest's killers – Suspects still evade arrest one year on
October 19, 2012 · , Kerima Bulan T. Navales, Davao City, Philippines, October 16, 2012
A year after Italian missionary priest Fausto “Pops” Tentorio was brutally murdered in the compound of his parish church in Arakan in North Cotabato, the quest to bring his killer to justice continues. A man walked up to Father Tentorio on October 17 last year and shot him eight times in the chest and then sped […]
Read More...Mayor on trial for rape of girl seeks reelection
October 18, 2012 · , Robert Gonzaga, Inquirer Central Luzon
OLONGAPO CITY—A Zambales mayor undergoing trial on a charge of raping a 12-year-old girl two years ago is seeking another term to the dismay of the girl’s family. “Instead of the mayor’s office, [Rodriguez] should be in jail,” the girl’s mother said in a telephone interview on Sunday. Mayor Jose Rodriguez of San Marcelino town […]
Read More...Groups call for law change on child soldiers
October 17, 2012 · , ucanews.com reporter, Manila, Philippines October 16, 2012
International rights groups today called on the Senate to remove a provision in a draft law that allows for the parents of child soldiers to be prosecuted. “The draft language sets too low a bar for criminalization and is open to misuse and misinterpretation,” said Child Soldiers International and Human Rights Watch in a joint […]
Read More...World Report 2012: Philippines Human Rights watch
October 15, 2012 · , http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2012/world-report-2012-philippines
The Philippines is a multiparty democracy with an elected president and legislature, a thriving civil society sector, and a vibrant media. Several key institutions, including the judiciary and law enforcement agencies, remain weak and the military and police still commit human rights violations with impunity. Armed opposition forces, including the communist New People’s Army (NPA) […]
Read More...Media must give visibility to the vulnerable
October 10, 2012 · By C.M. Paul SDB.
The Asian Catholic media professionals from 16 countries gathered at Petaling Jaya (Malaysia) for Signis Asia Assembly, 1-5 October. They discussed the plight of vulnerable communities, especially migrant workers, refugees, trafficked persons, internally-displaced persons and children, in the Asian context. “Hosting the Assembly in this country is exceptionally significant because Malaysia is not just the […]
Read More...Report Details History of Abuse in Australian Military
October 9, 2012 · , MATT SIEGEL, Published: June 15, 2012
SYDNEY, Australia — Newly released documents detail numerous cases of physical and sexual abuse of minors in Australia’s armed forces dating back to the 1950s, prompting Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Friday to raise the possibility of a high-level public inquiry. The cases are described in a confidential report commissioned by the Australian military last […]
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