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China-EU talks hit another snag as Biden camp objects

Jack Ewing, Steven Lee Myers and Ana Swanson, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 24 05:33 AM

China, which has long been wary of allowing foreign companies greater access, seems eager to strike a deal now before the new US administration can try to rally a united front against Chinese policies and actions, as Biden has pledged to do. Read more »

Duterte's first order for top cop Sinas: Boost drug war

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 11 04:01 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's first order to his new national police chief Maj. Gen. Debold Sinas is to intensify anti-drug drives, he said Wednesday, even as activists warned of unchecked human rights abuses under his watch.  Read more »

PNP chief Sinas dares critics tagging him in Visayas killings to file charges

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 11 04:19 PM

The new leader of the Philippine National Police, Maj. Gen. Debold Sinas, on Wednesday dared critics who are linking him to killings in Central Visayas to file charges against him. Read more »

PNP Chief Sinas tells critics: 'I am qualified'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 11 03:14 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's pick for new police chief, Maj. Gen. Debold Sinas, told his critics on Wednesday that he was "qualified" for the post, after activists warned of unchecked human rights abuses ahead and a crackdown on dissent under his watch.   Read more »

Palace: Duterte backing for top cop Sinas won't affect mañanita charges

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 10 01:57 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's appointment of Maj. Gen. Debold Sinas as the new police chief will not affect the criminal charges that he is facing for a birthday celebration that allegedly flouted protocols to curb the coronavirus pandemic, Malacañang said Tuesday.  Read more »

European Parliament urges PH to grant ABS-CBN broadcast franchise

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 18 05:13 AM

The resolution -- which had 626 votes in favor, 7 against and 52 abstentions -- cited the denial of ABS-CBN's new application of franchise after it expired "as an act of retaliation for the media’s coverage of the anti-drugs campaign and serious human rights abuses." Read more »

US to block Chinese products from Uighur 'forced labor'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 15 05:51 AM

WASHINGTON - The US announced Monday it would block a range of Chinese products made by "forced labor" in the Xinjiang region, including from a "vocational" center that it branded a "concentration camp" for Uighur minorities. Read more »

UN rights body urged to launch probe mechanism on alleged rights abuses in PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 03:45 AM

The rights advocates, in a statement addressed to the UN rights body, said they are "gravely concerned" over the alleged human rights violations being committed by the Philippine government "with near-total impunity." 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 »

Philippines votes against UN resolution on Rohingya crisis

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 05:20 AM

MANILA—The Philippines has voted against a United Nations (UN) resolution that seeks to end human rights abuses of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar. Read more »

Brazil's Bolsonaro makes waves with dictatorship remarks

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 31 06:36 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday questioned the credibility of a truth commission that investigated human rights abuses under the country's brutal military dictatorship, suggesting it was politically influenced by the left.  Read more »

'Bullying': PH 'totally' rejects UN body resolution seeking rights report

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 18 09:18 PM

MANILA - The United Nations Human Rights Council's adoption of a resolution calling for a comprehensive report on the human rights situation in the Philippines is a form of bullying, the official who led the Philippine delegation during the vote in Geneva, Switzerland said. Read more »

Imee Marcos dodges negatives in first Senate bid

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 09 09:40 PM

“Kering-keri po iyan!” shouted Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos before a crowd of young members of an LGBT group during a campaign sortie in Laguna, in what appeared to be a move to court members of the vote-rich youth group for her first Senate bid. Read more »

Human rights abuses noong martial law, meron nga ba?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 21 03:42 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 »

BY THE NUMBERS: Human rights violations during Marcos' rule

Compiled by the ABS-CBN Investigative & Research Group
Posted at Sep 21 08:25 PM

At least 9,000 victims of human rights violations were monitored by the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines from 1969 to 1986. 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 »