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CHR urges gov’t to ensure equal access to COVID-19 vaccines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 02:02 PM

“Vaccines must be as accessible for Filipinos in urban cities as well as those situated in far-flung areas of the country where there is a known cluster of infected population," the CHR said. Read more »

Trump throttled press freedom, journalists say

Reuters
Posted at Jan 13 11:02 PM

CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Maria Ressa, who heads a Philippine news website known for its scrutiny of President Rodrigo Duterte, and Sonny Swe, CEO of Frontier Myanmar, told a Reuters Next panel that press freedom had deteriorated sharply. Read more »

CHR says left out in initial drug war review

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 13 09:16 AM

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Wednesday lamented it was not involved in the initial review of the deaths of thousands of drug suspects under President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. Read more »

UK condemns Chinese 'barbarism' against Uighur minority

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 12 11:39 PM

Britain on Tuesday accused China of human rights violations amounting to "barbarism" against its Uighur minority, as it announced new rules to ban imports of goods suspected of using forced labor. Read more »

DOJ finishes ‘first partial report’ on drug war review; CHR laments it wasn't asked to take part

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 08:12 PM

The Department of Justice has completed an initial report in its review on the killing of thousands of drug suspects in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. The Commission of Human Rights welcomed the development but expressed concern over the lack of transparency and of its involvement in the review. Read more »

Power struggle leaves UN rights body without leader

Emma Farge, Reuters
Posted at Jan 09 05:42 AM

GENEVA - Russia and China have opposed a candidate from Fiji seen as a staunch human rights defender to lead the top UN rights body, diplomats and observers say, creating a deadlock just as Washington may seek to rejoin the forum it quit in 2018. Read more »

Biyuda ng construction worker na napagkamalang holdaper nais ay hustisya

Gracie Rutao, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 12 03:16 PM

Dismayado rin umano ang Commission on Human Rights sa naging “maling akala” ng pulis. Read more »

Bugkalot-Ilongot tribe kinondena ang NCIP sa pagpabor sa mining company

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 08:40 PM

Pabor ang certificate sa OceanaGold Philippines Inc. na balak magmina sa Barangay Didipio, Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya. Read more »

Death penalty 'di solusyon sa krimen— human rights lawyer

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 05:50 PM

MAYNILA - Hindi naniniwala ang isang human rights lawyer na magiging kasagutan sa mga krimeng tulad ng rape at pagpatay ang muling pagbalik ng parusang kamatayan sa bansa.   Read more »

Dacera case ipinakitang kulang ang publiko sa kaalaman sa rape culture, gender equality

Angel Movido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 04:03 PM

Ayon sa mga eksperto, nailabas ng kuwento ni Christine Dacera ang malaking kakulangan sa kaalaman ng publiko hinggil sa rape culture at gender equality. Read more »

Myanmar police arrest nearly 100 Rohingya in raid on house

Thu Thu Aung, Reuters
Posted at Jan 07 04:09 AM

YANGON - Myanmar police arrested nearly 100 ethnic Rohingya on Wednesday after raiding a house in the commercial capital of Yangon, police and local media said. Read more »

‘Alarming, insensitive’: Police officer’s ‘lalaki pa din sila’ statement angers LGBT groups

Job Manahan and Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 06 10:18 PM

“Not only does his statement assume that all men are rapists but it's also ignorant of SOGIE . . . A person does not rape because of one's gender or sexuality but because of the shortcoming in his upbringing,” one critic says. Read more »

CHR rejects death penalty push amid flight attendant's controversial death

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 02:57 AM

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) insisted Wednesday that capital punishment "would not genuinely address" rape and other cases of sexual violence, amid calls for its reimposition after the controversial death of flight attendant Christine Dacera.  Read more »

CHR probes death of red-tagged IPs opposed to dam construction in Panay

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 05 10:02 PM

The Commission said it launched a motu proprio probe into the killing of the IPs, noting they were "red-tagged" or baselessly linked to the communist movement after opposing the construction of Jalaur Dam. Read more »

CHR to probe flight attendant's death

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 04:16 PM

MANILA — The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said Tuesday it would conduct a separate investigation into a flight attendant's death following a New Year party at a Makati hotel, as it called for an end to violence against women.  Read more »

Police told after cop kills man over mistaken identity: 'Death should not be the first option'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 04 08:08 PM

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Monday urged the police to "be more discerning on the use of force and firearms" after a cop killed a construction worker he mistook for a robber in Pampanga.   Read more »

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 »

US bill banning Xinjiang imports over forced labor concerns fails to become law

Owen Churchill and Jacob Fromer, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 23 05:30 PM

The legislation is expected to be reintroduced when the next congressional session convenes in January. The measure was omitted from the must-pass spending bill that passed both houses of Congress late on Monday Read more »

Refuting PNP, CHR says Tarlac slay involving cop no isolated case

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 22 04:27 PM

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Tuesday rejected the claim of the Philippine National Police (PNP) that the brutal killing in Tarlac province involving a police officer was an isolated incident.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 21, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 21 11:57 PM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »