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CHR urges police to suspend 'tambay' crackdown

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 20 11:26 AM

The Commission on Human Rights urged the Philippine National Police to suspend crackdown on 'tambays' or loiterers and inform the public about it extent first. Read more »

U.S. withdraws from United Nations human rights body

Lesley Wroughton and Steve Holland, Reuters
Posted at Jun 20 05:40 AM

WASHINGTON - The United States withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday accusing it of a "chronic bias against Israel," a move that activists warned would make advancing human rights globally even more difficult. Read more »

Mga ginagabi sa daan, nababahala sa pag-aresto sa mga tambay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 20 02:11 AM

Tuloy-tuloy pa rin ang pinaigting na kampanya ng gobyerno laban sa mga tambay. Sa Pasay City, ilang mga nasa lansangan ang dinampot ng mga pulis. Read more »

CHR says proper protocol must be observed amid Sister Fox's deportation struggle

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 19 05:53 PM

The Commission on Human Rights on Tuesday welcomed the decision of the Department of Justice to overturn the decision of the Bureau of Immigration to withdraw the visa of Australian missionary Sister Patricia Fox. Read more »

2,300-plus child-parent separations at U.S. border since May

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 19 04:59 AM

U.S. officials have separated 2,342 children from their parents at the border with Mexico since shortly before a "zero tolerance" policy targeting illegal immigration was announced in early May, officials said Monday. Read more »

No justice for kin of slain drug suspects, Duterte says

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 19 12:13 AM

There can be no justice for the families of drug suspects killed in his administration's war on drugs, President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday. Read more »

Human rights advocates hit proposed amendments to anti-terrorism law

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 18 04:47 PM

Human rights advocates fear a fresh crackdown on civil liberties and free speech under a bill that seeks to amend the country’s 11-year-old anti-terrorism law. Read more »

'Desaparecido' cases rise with Duterte's war on drugs

Kim Muaña and Merinette Retona, VERA Files
Posted at Jun 15 03:20 AM

Nilda Sevilla, co-chair of FIND, said the over 20,000 extrajudicial killings spawned by the current administration’s war on drugs have apparently pushed aside cases of enforced disappearances from public consciousness. Read more »

Panukalang armasan ang barangay officials, tinutulan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 09:41 PM

Mariing inalmahan ng ilang kongresista ang panghihikayat ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na magkaroon ng baril ang mga opisyal ng barangay bilang parte ng kampanya kontra kriminalidad. Read more »

Human rights groups hold candlelight protest for Fr. Nilo, other slain priests

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Jun 14 08:34 PM

Church workers and human rights advocates held a candlelight protest and noise barrage Thursday at the corner of E. Rodriguez and Gilmore streets in Quezon City. Read more »

Rights group urges int'l community to review ties with PH after priest, journo slays

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 06:37 PM

International rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on other countries to "urgently re-assess" their ties with the Philippines following the recent killings of a priest and a journalist in the country.   Read more »

Duterte: Priests are no better than me

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 07:20 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday denied persecuting priests amid a spate of killings of members of the clergy, saying some priests are no better than him. Read more »

Group urges SC to void Philippines' withdrawal from ICC

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 13 05:59 PM

 A non-government organization urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to void the Philippine government's notice of withdrawal from a United Nations treaty that created the International Criminal Court (ICC). Read more »

PH independence not genuine, child rights groups say

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 13 12:19 AM

The Children’s Rehabilitation Center (CRC) and Unity of Child Rights Advocates Against Inhumane Treatment and Neglect of Children (UNCHAIN Children) held a “unity gathering” as the nation celebrates its 120th Independence Day. Read more »

PNP chief bans presentation of arrested suspects

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 12 04:31 PM

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Oscar Albayalde has banned the presentation of arrested suspects before the press, his spokesperson said Tuesday.   Read more »

5 Davao cops face charges for human rights violations

Bonna Pamplona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 05:15 PM

DAVAO CITY - The Commission on Human Rights is filing charges against 5 police officers from Davao City who allegedly violated human rights violations and abused authority in anti-drug operations in 2016. Read more »

2 pulis na sinibak kaugnay sa pagkamatay ni Kian, na-promote?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 03:08 AM

Binatikos ng isang human rights group ang pag-promote sa 2 dating opisyal ng Caloocan police na sangkot sa pagpatay sa mga umano'y biktima ng kampanya kontra droga. Read more »

Intl’l rights group to Duterte: Stop killings, disappearances

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 08 05:53 PM

The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances on Friday called on President Rodrigo Duterte to stop extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearances under his administration. Read more »

PNP, ipinagtanggol ang kampanya kontra droga

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 08 02:03 AM

Ipinagtanggol ng PNP ang kampanya kontra droga ng pamahalaan.  Read more »

China keeps Tiananmen massacre victims on tight leash on anniversary

Kyodo News
Posted at Jun 04 09:38 PM

China's police kept a tight watch on surviving families of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing on Monday, marking the 29th anniversary of the military crackdown on a student-led pro-democracy protest that remains a taboo in China, Hong Kong media reported. Read more »