Topic: State Violence
First the terror and then the backlash
August 14, 2013 ·
August 9, 2013 Sangkala Satol, a 51-year old Muslim carpenter, was in the wrong place at the wrong time on Monday afternoon. He was outside a store in the southern city of Cotabato, waiting for his wife who was buying a pack of milk for his 10-month old son. Earlier, the couple was seen together […]
Read More...State Sponsored Violence against Children in Philippines
May 11, 2011 ·
State Sponsored Violence against Children in Philippines (as presented to the UN Committee on Human Rights) 1. INTRODUCTION The Philippines signed the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) on December 19, 1966, but ratified it only on February 28, 1986. On October 23 of the same year, it submitted the instrument of ratification. […]
Read More...Human Rights Groups Cry Justice
August 25, 2004 ·
A human rights defender, Rashid Manahan, was killed in broad daylight yesterday infront of Ponce Suites, Bajada, Davao City. Manahan was with Prof. Nymia Simbulan, Executive Director of Philrights and Ms. Martha Alvarez, a representative of the European Union. The three were to attend a forum against the death penalty and salvaging at UP Mindanao. […]
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