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‘Karapatang-pantao ng mga residente respetuhin kahit may COVID-19 lockdown’

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 28 08:58 PM

Nanawagan naman ang human rights groups na igalang pa rin ang karapatang pantao ng mga residente sa kabila ng paghihigpit ng seguridad sa enhanced community quarantine. Read more »

CHR urges gov't to address concerns of minority groups amid COVID-19 pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 05:15 AM

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said Wednesday the government should include indigenous people and minority groups in addressing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more »

CHR calls on gov't to provide sufficient support for COVID-19 frontliners

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 08:22 PM

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Wednesday called on the government to provide sufficient support to frontline workers battling the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more »

CHR cautions gov't in exercising add'l powers to address COVID-19 crisis

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 24 07:57 PM

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Tuesday cautioned the government in exercising additional powers granted by Congress to address the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more »

CHR issues caution on arrests amid Luzon lockdown

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 20 09:49 PM

MANILA - The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Friday gave caution on arrests over violations of guidelines of the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon, saying this should be "strictly done" within the bounds of the law.    Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga puwede, bawal gawin ng awtoridad sa gitna ng 'community quarantine'

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 16 07:47 PM

Nagbigay ng payo ang Commission on Human Rights kung ano lang ang puwedeng gawin ng awtoridad sa mga checkpoints. Read more »

Cops warned vs 'abuse' of motorists at checkpoints

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 05:05 AM

Police who will "abuse" motorists at checkpoints during Metro Manila's month-long community quarantine will be held accountable, an interior official warned on Saturday. Read more »

OPINION: A sober look at the proposed 'Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020’

Michael Henry Yusingco, LL.M
Posted at Mar 13 04:41 PM

While there is an urgent need to enact a robust anti-terrorism law, Congress cannot ignore the fact that Filipinos deserve and expect a dedicated law enforcement unit that can truly and professionally protect the state and the people from terrorism.    Read more »

Nearly five million have fled Venezuela as abuses continue: UN

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 11 12:04 AM

Some 4.9 million people have left Venezuela, wracked by years of economic and political crisis, the UN rights chief said Tuesday, decrying ongoing attacks on opposition politicians, protesters and journalists. Read more »

Palace admits: Refusal of aid from drug war inquiry backers an ‘outrage reaction’

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 05 05:17 PM

Malacañang admitted Thursday that the Philippines decision to shun aid and loans from countries who supported a resolution seeking a report on President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs was “more of an outrage reaction.” Read more »

Grieving families in Philippine drug war turn to theater for healing, therapy

Reuters
Updated as of Mar 04 08:23 PM

Bereaved mothers, wives and children took to the stage at a high school in the business center of the capital in front of a crowd of 500, most of them students. They danced to pop songs, and performed monologues and political sketches. Read more »

CHR calls for gender-equal society as world marks Women's Month

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 02 09:38 AM

MANILA - Despite efforts to uphold equal rights, there is still a need to promote women's rights for a gender-equal society, the Commission on Human Rights said Monday as the world celebrates Women's Month. Read more »

CHR condemns N. Ecija lawyer slay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 01 12:46 PM

The Commission on Human Rights on Sunday denounced the recent killing of a lawyer in Nueva Ecija and called for the "immediate passage" of a measure increasing penalty for crimes committed against justices and members of the legal profession. Read more »

Apple investor vote sounds 'warning' over China app takedowns

Stephen Nellis and Ross Kerber, Reuters
Posted at Feb 27 08:39 AM

The proposal, which called for Apple to report whether it has "publicly committed to respect freedom of expression as a human right," was defeated, but 40.6 percent of votes cast supported the measure, according to company figures. Read more »

Combat historical revisionism of People Power, say EDSA veterans

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 08:15 PM

Last month, Marcos’ son, former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., earlier called for a revision in Philippine textbooks, where his father's repressive regime is retold as period marred with corruption, military abuse and human rights violations. Read more »

Human rights under assault worldwide: UN chief

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 24 06:56 PM

UN chief Antonio Guterres launched a "call to action" on Monday against rising attacks on human rights, highlighting the persecution of minorities and "alarming levels of femicide."  Read more »

CHR to probe killing of former BuCor official

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 06:41 PM

The Commission of Human Rights on Thursday said it will launch its own investigation into the killing of a former Bureau of Corrections official who testified at a Senate inquiry about the good conduct time allowance (GCTA) law. Read more »

UN rights body urged to hold PH 'accountable for abuses' vs De Lima, rights defenders

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 10:33 AM

A global watchdog on Thursday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to hold the Philippines accountable for "its abuses" against detained Sen. Leila de Lima and other human rights defenders. Read more »

Gag order petition vs ABS-CBN 'absurd on specious grounds' - watchdog

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 03:31 PM

A global watchdog on Tuesday slammed the Office of the Solicitor General's petition for gag order against ABS-CBN, saying it is "absurd on specious grounds." Read more »

OPINION: Duterte, Sudan’s al-Bashir, and China

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Feb 17 02:17 PM

President Duterte and his accomplices may delay the inevitable by seeking refuge to a place out of reach of the International Criminal Court. There’s one that we can think of: China. Read more »