Tag: human rights violation

President Duterte says he won’t discuss human rights issue with US President Trump

MANILA, Philippines  — President Rodrigo Duterte said he will not tackle the issue of human rights with President Donald Trump during their first bilateral meeting. “That is my business. I take care of my country and I will nurture my country to help,” President Duterte in a press briefing said. The President then said he will prioritize discussions about  US-Philippines business relations and the status of the security relationship between the two countries in the […]

NDF seeks arrest of Aquino, others over violent Kidapawan dispersal; Lacson says only Philippine court can do that

(Eagle News) — Only a court of law can mete out any form of penalty against anyone violating the laws of the country. This was the response of Senator Panfilo Lacson to a statement over the weekend from the National Democratic Front ordering the arrest of President Benigno Aquino III over the violent dispersal of farmers in Kidapawan on April 1, last year. According to the NDF, former President Aquino should be made liable for committing […]

Human Rights violation ng mga pulis, mas mababa

By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service 56 human rights violation ng mga pulis, naitala (Eagle News) — Umabot na sa limampu’t-anim (56) na kaso ng paglabag sa karapatang pantao laban sa mga pulis ang naitala ng Philippine National Police Human Rights Affairs Office (PNP- HRAO) sa unang tatlong buwan pa lang ng taon. Sa gitna ito ng muling pagsabak ng PNP sa war on drugs na binabatikos ng ilan dahil umano sa talamak na paglabag […]

Duterte shows Obama, ASEAN leaders photos of Moros killed by Americans

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday (September 9) confirmed reports that he showed in front of leaders present during ASEAN-East Asia Summit pictures of killed Moros during the “pacification efforts” of United States in the 1900’s. He told the whole story during his speech to the Filipino community in Indonesia. Duterte said he presented “a few pages” of the photographs during the leaders’ discussion of human rights violations. “Ako, because of the pressure para huminto […]