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Human rights abuses noong martial law, meron nga ba?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 21 09:47 PM

Umani ng puna ang mga pahayag ni dating Senador Juan Ponce Enrile tungkol sa human rights abuses noong panahon ng martial law.  Read more »

He said what? Martial law victims debunk Enrile's claims of 'no arrests'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 21 08:32 PM

Personalities who survived martial rule debunked former defense minister Juan Ponce Enrile's claims that no critic was arrested during the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos' regime. Read more »

Marcos not a reluctant dictator, Etta Rosales rebuffs Enrile

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 21 02:08 PM

Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile was incorrect in saying President Ferdinand Marcos was reluctant in imposing martial law over the country, former Commission on Human Rights Chairperson Etta Rosales said Friday. Read more »

Ilang miyembro ng oposisyon, nakiisa sa 'Misa para sa bansa'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 09:40 PM

Nagdaos ng misa ang mga miyembro ng isang lay Christian movement para ipanalangin ang bansa at ang ikatlong State of the Nation Address ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

PCGG needs support from Filipinos, former human rights chief says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 26 08:56 PM

"If you're just going to leave it to the legal system, you're not going to get much out of that." Read more »

SolGen can't be trusted to recover Marcos wealth: Ex-CHR chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 17 10:57 AM

The Solicitor General should not be allowed to assume the functions of a body tasked to recover the Marcos family's $10 billion in ill-gotten wealth, a victim of human rights abuse under the regime said Thursday. Read more »

Panukalang PCGG abolition ng Kamara, walang katumbas sa Senado

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 16 11:46 PM

Ipinasa ng Kamara ang panukalang bubuwag sa PCGG at maglilipat ng kapangyarihan nito sa Solicitor General. Pero paglilinaw ng mga senador, wala itong counterpart bill sa Senado kaya malabong maisabatas.    Read more »

Criminalizing criticism: Deportation of foreign activists 'act of cowardice' - Rosales

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 17 03:06 PM

Former Human Rights Chair Etta Rosales slammed on Tuesday the government's deportation of foreigners for alleged engagement in 'partisan political activities."' Read more »

PH rights advocates slam decision to break away from ICC

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 15 08:41 PM

The Philippine Coalition for the International Criminal Court (PCICC) said it was "appalled" by the decision. Read more »

Larry Gadon, Etta Rosales, nagkainitan sa forum

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 12 09:51 PM

Nagkaroon ng tensiyon nitong Lunes sa isang forum sa Maynila matapos magkasagutan sina Atty. Larry Gadon at dating CHR Chairperson Etta Rosales sa isyu ng pagpapasibak kay Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Read more »

SC relief sought in $2-B compensation claim vs Marcoses

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 01:03 PM

A petitioner for the $2-billion compensation claim for human rights victims during the Marcos regime on Monday said she and her co-petitioners will elevate the issue to the Supreme Court after the Court of Appeals junked their plea for enforcement. Read more »

Court affirms rejection of $2-billion compensation claim over Marcos estate

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 05 07:25 PM

The Court of Appeals has stood pat on its earlier ruling junking the plea of human rights victims during the Marcos regime for the enforcement of a United States court decision awarding them $2 billion in compensation. Read more »

ASEAN should address human rights issues: ex-CHR chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 16 12:20 PM

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations should investigate alleged human rights investigations in the region, the former head of the Philippines' human rights watchdog said Thursday. Read more »

Collateral damage: Drug war deaths condemned on 'Araw ng mga Pinatay'

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 05:48 PM

Former CHR chairperson Etta Rosales and several members of Akbayan Partylist on Monday wore black veils and lit candles at makeshift tombs at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani as they called for justice for thousands of people killed in the war on drugs.  Read more »

Tindig Pilipinas, other opposition groups hold solidarity mass for Ombudsman

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 06 09:55 PM

Multisectoral groups on Friday held a solidarity mass in support of Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales and her office in the wake of President Rodrigo Duterte's recent statements against them amid an investigation into his and his family's wealth.  Read more »

Ex-CHR chief Rosales urges Alvarez to review the Constitution

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 16 09:22 PM

Etta Rosales on Saturday said the House Speaker should review the 1986 Constitution after he said the human rights body is not doing its job. Read more »

Working for human rights

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 12:09 AM

Human Rights Commissioner Roberto Cadiz, beside Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David and former CHR Chairperson Etta Rosales, speaks during a press conference at the CHR headquarters in Quezon City on Thursday. Bishop David addressed the allegations of obstruction of justice on the custody of witnesses to the killing of Kian Delos Santos.  Read more »

Lawmakers don’t know what they are doing, former CHR chair says

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 14 01:13 AM

Former Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chairperson Loreta "Etta" Rosales on Wednesday said the House of Representatives' move to reduce the constitutional body's budget to only P1,000 was "insulting." Read more »

What's to celebrate?: Martial law victim blasts Marcos holiday in Ilocos Norte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 11:20 AM

A martial law torture victim questioned the holiday declared by the Palace in Ilocos Norte to commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos. Read more »

Thieves should pay: Duterte urged to reject immunity deal for Marcos loot

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 06 11:32 AM

"'Pag ninakaw ang pera, kinakailangan kasuhan mo. Dapat may pananagutan ang nagnakaw," a former rights commissioner told President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »