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PHILIPPINES: Court Orders Release Of Falsely Charged Activists
Friday, August 29th, 2008PHILIPPINES: Court orders release of falsely charged activistsISSUES: Torture; human rights defenders; right to liberty and security; right to justice; political detainees; arbitrary arrest and detention; administration of justice.Dear friends,The Asia…
Philippines Fail To Improve Human Rights Records
Thursday, August 28th, 2008HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCILNinth sessionWritten statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization with general consultative status.PHILIPPINES: The failure to implement the Human Rights Council’s key recommendati…
Philippine Police Endorsing Vigilantism By Arming Civilians: AHRC
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned by the reported pronouncement of the Deputy Director General, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Avelino Razon Jr., that they are shipping a thousand shotguns to arm “selected, screened …
PHILIPPINES: More unsolved murders of crime suspects - AHRC
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION - URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMMEUrgent Appeal Update: AHRC-UAU-044-200822 July 2008[RE: AHRC-UAG-008-2008: PHILIPPINES: More unsolved murders of crime suspects]PHILIPPINES: VIGILANTE KILLINGS - Police’ failure to solve cases agg…
PHILIPPINES: Labor Office Fails To Ensure Factory Pays Back Wages To Workers
Friday, June 20th, 2008ISSUES: Working conditions; workers; trade unions; right to employment; freedom of association.Dear friends,The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed of the continued failure of the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) to implemen…
Freed Filipino Pastor Fears For His Life: AHRC
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a pastor who was released several days after he was abducted and tortured in captivity now fears for his life. Over a month after the incident took place in May 6, there has not been an…
PHILIPPINES: Systemic failure to prevent a pattern of arbitrary deprivation of dozens of lives - AHRC
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008ISSUES: Extrajudicial killing; police negligence; right to liberty and security; children; administration of justice.The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes with deep concern regarding the continuing failure by the police and the local governme…
Filipino Farmer Held Five Months On Without Charges In Court: AHRC
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a farmer whom soldiers had illegally arrested and detained in November 29, 2007 has since been in jail without having been charged in court.He is detained at a provincial jail but there…
Soldiers Harass, Threaten Union Leader, Workers: AHRC
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Dear friends,The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that soldiers continuously threatened and harassed a union president and her fellow workers. The workers, presently holding a picket line in front of their factory, were questioned in se…
Sick Filipino Boy Dies After Being Punished By Teacher
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a 14-year-old boy who was recovering from typhus, has died after having been punished by his teacher for failing to do his homework.The boy and other pupils were forced to do continuous sq…
Labor Leader Killed In Philippines
Monday, March 10th, 2008The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is shocked to learn that a labour leader who survived an earlier attempt on his life in April 2006 was shot dead this morning, March 10.Gerardo Cristobal (a.k.a. Gerry) was driving his vehicle when armed men rid…