Philip Alston
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…
Philippines Military Executing Leftist Activists, UN Independent Expert Finds
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007The Armed Forces of the Philippines has been executing leftist activists in recent years, an independent United Nations human rights expert said in a new report which welcomes Government measures to address the problem while emphasizing the need to end…
*Philippine Government Apathetic Toward Human Rights Abuses By Philip Alston
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007UNITED Nations special rapporteur Philip Alston gave an oral report to the UN Human Rights Council yesterday of the preliminary findings and recommendations in connection with his 10-day visit to the country in February to investigate extrajudicial kil…
UN Rapporteur Tinawag Na Bulag, Pipi At Bingi!
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 21 Mar) – Maituturing umanong bulag, pipi at bingi si United Nations special rapporteur Philip Alston habang walang tigil ang mga opisyal ng pamahalaang Arroyo na batikusin ito dahil sa kanyang pagkakaugnay sa militar sa p…
U.S. Conducts Hearing On Philippine Political Killings
Sunday, March 11th, 2007The Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has scheduled a hearing on the extra-judicial killings in the Philippines on Wednesday.Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) chairs the Subcommittee.Two F…
Gunman Kills U.N. Witness In Summary Executions In Philippines
Sunday, March 11th, 2007CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 11 Mar) – An unidentified gunman shot dead a political activist in an attack near an army detachment in the southern Philippines, militant groups said.Cheche Gandinao, a member of the militant party list group…
Gov’t Overreacting On UN Report– Bayan Muna
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007Bayan Muna expressed its appreciation Thursday to Professor Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Special Executions, for fairly listening to all sides and challenged the Arroyo administration to just admit its …
In Philippines: Speech Of Professor Philip Alston,…
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007In Philippines: Speech Of Professor Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur Of The United Nations Human Rights CouncilI have spent the past ten days in the Philippines at the invitation of the Government in order to inquire into the phenomenon of extra-judic…
UN Envoy Accuses Philippine Army Of Being “In A State Of Almost Total Denial” About Wave Of Political Killings
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007AND MANY OF THESE KILLINGS killings have been “convincingly attributed to them”, said special rapporteur Philip Alston.One human rights group says since President Gloria Arroyo took power in 2001, 830 activists have been killed.Mr Alston urged Presiden…