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Rejection of grants from nations backing drug war probe will only hurt Filipinos: HRW

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Updated as of Sep 23 07:09 PM

For Human Rights Watch Deputy Director for Asia, Phil Robertson, the Philippine government's order to reject loans from nations that support a U.N. Probe into Manila's drug war will only hurt the Filipino people. Read more »

Rights group: ‘Fake news’ bill a threat to freedom of speech

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Posted at Jul 26 08:37 PM

A New York-based human rights group slammed the proposed law of Senate President Vicente Sotto III, which seeks to punish publishing “false content,” saying it would stifle free speech. Read more »

Duterte warned vs ‘political cost’ of reviving death penalty

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 26 01:45 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte’s renewed push to restore capital punishment may come at a huge political cost compromising his government’s ability to appeal for Filipino workers on death row abroad, an international human rights group warned Friday. Read more »

'Outrageous' says rights group on Locsin's drug war remarks

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Updated as of Jul 10 11:34 AM

Human Rights Watch on Wednesday slammed Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. for his "outrageous and malicious" remark on the UN resolution seeking to investigate government's drug war.  Read more »

'Victims and perpetrators': Rehabilitating Indonesia's child bombers

Kiki Siregar, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 04 01:32 PM

The world's biggest Muslim majority nation is grappling with the growing global threat of 'family attacks' and also with how to reintegrate returning IS jihadists and their relatives as the extremist group's caliphate lies in ruins, a challenge faced by many nations including France and the United States.  Read more »

Duterte administration urged to probe killings of activists

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Posted at Jun 19 12:56 AM

MANILA—A New York-based watchdog urged the Philippine government to investigate the spate of killings of leftist activists amid a "deteriorating" human rights situation in the country.   Read more »

Over 6,000 killed in nearly 3 years of PH drug war: PNP

Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 18 04:49 PM

MANILA — The number of drug suspects killed in the government’s controversial campaign against illegal drugs has reached more than 6,000, police data released Tuesday showed.  Read more »

Rights group urges US to sanction China over Xinjiang camps

Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Updated as of May 30 02:52 PM

GENEVA - The United States, embroiled in a trade war with China, should also impose sanctions on China for detaining an estimated one million Uighurs in its Xinjiang region, where repression has not abated, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. Read more »

Xinjiang surveillance app targets legal, everyday behavior: rights group

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 02 09:19 AM

HONG KONG - Chinese authorities are using a mobile app designed for mass surveillance to profile, investigate and detain Muslims in Xinjiang by labeling "completely lawful" behavior as suspicious, a Human Rights Watch report said Thursday. Read more »

5,000 'nanlaban' killings, zero records? Rights group blasts slays without probes

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Posted at Mar 19 12:20 PM

The Philippine National Police should cooperate with the investigation of alleged killings and human rights violations linked to the war on drugs event after the country's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, an international watchdog said Tuesday. Read more »

Duterte’s narco-list an attempt to influence May polls: HRW

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Posted at Mar 15 10:15 PM

An international human rights watchdog believes President Rodrigo Duterte's list of local officials allegedly involved in the drug trade is his attempt to influence the upcoming midterm polls.  Read more »

Watchdog says PH rights crisis in 2018 ‘deepened,’ notes ‘rare’ instances of accountability

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Posted at Jan 18 05:06 AM

The human rights crisis in the country “deepened” in 2018 amid the ongoing war on illegal drugs and other factors, a New York-based watchdog said. Read more »

Duterte: No pardon for cops in Kian’s slay

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 07:32 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he will not pardon the three policemen convicted for the murder of teenager Kian Delos Santos. Read more »

Rights group wary of possible pardon for cops in Kian slay

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Posted at Nov 29 12:13 PM

Human Rights Watch said it is "heartened" by the guilty verdict of 3 cops for murdering 17-year old Kian Delos Santos, but said it remains wary of President Rodrigo Duterte's promise to pardon officers convicted in his drug war. Read more »

Negros lawyer's slay 'devastating', says HRW researcher

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Posted at Nov 08 02:35 PM

The fatal shooting of a lawyer who assisted farmers after the massacre of 9 sugarcane workers in Negros Occidental is "devastating" for rights activists, a researcher for the international watchdog Human Rights Watch said Thursday.  Read more »

HRW urges Philippines to probe 'police hitmen'

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Posted at Nov 06 11:05 PM

A top police official believes active or retired police officers acted as hitmen in Cebu’s drug-related killings.  Read more »

HRW: Sagay massacre shows rights abuses in PH go beyond 'drug war'

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Posted at Oct 23 09:43 AM

The massacre of 9 farmers at the Hacienda Nene in Sagay City, Negros Occidental shows that human rights abuses in the country go beyond the administration's war on drugs, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. Read more »

Philippines wins seat in UN Human Rights Council

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Updated as of Oct 13 05:06 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) The Philippines on Friday won a seat at the United Nations Human Rights Council despite strong opposition from an international human rights group, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. Read more »

Group says PH should be kept off UN council; Palace defends rights record

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 07:47 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Friday defended the Duterte administration’s human rights track record after the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said member countries of the United Nations should oppose the Philippines' candidacy for the Human Rights Council (HRC). Read more »

HRW opposes UN Human Rights Council seat for Philippines

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Posted at Oct 12 01:51 AM

Human Rights Watch on Thursday opposed the candidacy of the Philippines for a seat in the United Nations Human Rights Council. Read more »