The Guardian Damien Gayle August 2, 2016 Human rights groups call on UN to denounce killings of suspected users and dealers since Rodrigo Duterte won presidential election in May More than 700 suspected drug users or dealers have been killed by police or vigilantes in the Philippines in less than three months, say human rights […]
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In a statement issued today (July 30, 2016), the New People’s Army clarified why it did not ‘abide’ by the unilateral ceasefire issued by President Rodrigo Duterte on July 25. [Bisaya »] The New People’s Army Regional Operations Command avers that there is no conspicuous and veritable unilateral ceasefire exercised by AFP, PNP and paramilitary
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An 84-year-old priest was killed and four other people taken hostage by two armed men who stormed his church in a suburb of Rouen in northern France, the BBC reported. According to the BBC report, the two attackers, who said they were from the so-called Islamic State (IS), slit Fr Jacques Hamel’s throat during a
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Winnipeg, Manitoba Tewodros Kassahun first Star of a Generation awardee Levy Abad The Winnipeg Multicultural Human Rights Forum (WMHRF), a grassroots human rights organization based in Winnipeg, successfully presented its first Star of a Generation award to internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Tewodros Kassahun, more popularly known as ‘Teddy Afro’ in the Ethiopian and international music scene.
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Toronto, Ontario “This is a victory for the community,” says Senator Balita will appeal By Ted Alcuitas The long simmering dispute between Senator Tobias Enverga, Jr. and Balita’s publisher Tess Cusipag ended July 13 with a judgement against the newspaper and its publisher. Balita is appealing the decision,according to the following Facebook message received
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Inday Espina-Varona shared Mark Z. Saludes’s post. 32 mins ·, July 23, 2016, FB Mark Z. Saludes, thank you. For choosing humanity over carnage and thus, highlighting what the latter does to us. But greater thanks for training the lens back at yourself and photojournalism. The spareness of your words, the anguish in the face
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Philippine Daily Inquirer July 24, 2016 Thou shall not kill. The Sixth Commandment is the message for President Duterte that will emanate from a Mass which the Archdiocese of Manila will hold Monday afternoon as he delivers his first State of the Nation Address (Sona) to Congress. The Mass will mark the launching of the
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Priest asks: Where’s the moral outcry for life? Fr. Amado Picardal, CSsR MANILA, July 13, 2016— Amid the rising death toll of drug-related violence, a Catholic priest said what is more alarming is the public silence against extrajudicial killings. Redemptorist Fr. Amado Picardal, a known human rights advocate, said the problem is unlikely to stop
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Dahong Pilipino July 14, 2016 Filipinos in Vancouver led by Treenee Lopez of the Global Pinoy Diaspora Canada celebrated the decision of the United Nations-backed Permanent Court of Arbitration in the case filed by the Philippines against China for its illegal occupation of its territories in the West Philippine Sea by holding a rally in
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Enforcement “will depend on the conduct of other affected states and the international community in general.” rappler.com MANILA, Philippines – Now that the Philippines won its historic case against China over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), the question is how to enforce this ruling given that there is no international police to
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