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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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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'

ABS-CBN News
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'

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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 »

Relentless drug war to bring more suffering, warns HRW

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 24 11:31 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte's pledge for his anti-narcotics campaign to be as "relentless" and "chilling" as the day it started will bring more suffering to the poor, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.  Read more »

'Kultura ng karahasan,' ikinababahala

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 12 02:27 PM

Matagal nang problema sa bansa ang umano'y kultura ng karahasan, ayon sa Human Rights Watch. Read more »

HRW: 'Anti-poor' tambay arrests evoking memories of Martial Law

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 26 11:17 AM

Poor Filipinos have been the 'disproportionate targets' of President Rodrigo Duterte's order against 'tambays' (loiterers), an international human rights group said Tuesday, slamming this directive for evoking memories of Martial Law. 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 »

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 »

House rules for media aim to quash criticism: HRW

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 01 11:10 AM

The House of Representatives' draft rules penalizing journalists that "besmirch" the reputation of its members is aimed at crushing criticism against the administration, an international human rights group alleged Monday. Read more »

Barangay 'narco' list to put lives in danger, warns HRW

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 27 09:34 AM

Hundreds of barangay officials will be in danger if the Philippine government pushes through with a plan to release the names of village officials with alleged links to narcotics, Human Rights Watch warned Friday. Read more »