October, 2017
The excessive politicization of Filipino human rights
October 9, 2017 · By Reuben James Barrete, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Recent move to slash commission’s annual budget underscores state apparatus attacks on rights advocates On Sept. 12, the Philippine’s House of Representatives gave the country’s Commission on Human Rights (CHR) a meager Php 1,000.00 or US$20 budget for the entire year of 2018. The reason: lawmakers allied to President Rodrigo Duterte believe the commission “useless” […]
Read More...Philippine bishops deny trying to undermine Duterte anti-drug crackdown
October 9, 2017 · By Catholic News Service for cruxnow.com
The Catholic Church in the Philippines says it is not trying to destabilize the government by offering sanctuary to security officers wishing to testify about abuses in the country’s violent anti-drug crackdown. Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan, the bishops’ conference president, earlier announced that police officers wanting to reveal information about the drug war have […]
Read More...PRESS RELEASE: Nobel Peace Prize Nomination 2017 for Fr. Shay Cullen and the Preda team of human rights advocates
October 6, 2017 ·
PRESS RELEASE Nobel Peace Prize Nomination 2017 for Fr. Shay Cullen and the Preda team of human rights advocates The opening of the nomination letter to the Nobel Peace Prize awarding committee in Oslo, Norway made by Dr. Bärbel Kofler, the Commissioner of Human Rights in the German Parliament states: “As a member of the […]
Read More...Could an Irish priest be set to receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
October 6, 2017 ·
Pope Francis and a foundation established by an Irish priest to free Filipino children and women from sex traffickers have both been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize which will be awarded in Oslo tomorrow morning. The Argentinean Pontiff was nominated by the leader of Norway’s Christian Democratic party for standing up to President Donald […]
Read More...The Nobel Peace Prize Nomination 2017
October 6, 2017 ·
The Nobel Peace Prize Nomination 2017 Fr. Shay Cullen 5 October 2017 The German Bundestag Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development led by the German Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights and Policy and Humanitarian Aid, Dr Bärbel Kofler, nominated last February the work done by the Preda Foundation, Father Shay Cullen and his team […]
Read More...400 Children Rescued/348 Adults Arrested After Police Take Down $4 Million Child Porn Empire
October 6, 2017 · By fightthenewdrug.org
Nearly 400 children have been rescued and 348 adults arrested following an “extraordinary” international child pornography investigation in Canada, according to a report by NBC News. The three-year undercover project, named Project Spade, began back in 2010 when Toronto police officers first made contact with a man who had been sharing “very graphic images” of […]
Read More...CHR urges gov’t to reconsider, accept UN call to probe killings
October 5, 2017 · By Jodesz Gavilan for www.rappler.com
The Commission on Human Rights calls on the Duterte administration to show it is ‘serious in making progress for human rights’ MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Sunday, September 24, criticized the Philippine government’s refusal to accept recommendations by United Nations (UN) member-states against “the most serious human rights violations” in […]
Read More...Police say there were grounds to suspect Edward Heath over child abuse claims
October 5, 2017 · By Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent for www.theguardian.com
Inquiry into claims against former PM says if he was still alive he may have been formally interviewed under criminal caution A police investigation has found there were initial grounds to suspect former prime minister Sir Edward Heath over child sexual abuse allegations. Wiltshire police will release a report into the claims against Heath next […]
Read More...New SC ruling prohibits naming of victims in sensitive cases
October 5, 2017 · By Tetch Torres-Tupas - Reporter for newsinfo.inquirer.net
The Supreme Court (SC) has released a new set of guidelines regarding the confidentiality rule on names and personal information of victims in sensitive cases. In an administrative circular made public Thursday, the high court has issued the rules to follow in the promulgation, publication and posting of decisions, resolutions and orders in cases of […]
Read More...‘SWS poll shows Pinoys have common sense’
October 5, 2017 · By By: Jeannette I. Andrade, Julie M. Aurelio, Leila B. Salaverria - @inquirerdotnet for newsinfo.inquirer.net
A Catholic bishop says Filipinos still have common sense after a survey found that a majority of adults in the country believed that those killed in the war on drugs did not fight back (“nanlaban”), but Malacañang can’t seem to make sense of the finding. “Even if many of us have known this all along, […]
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