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THE series of killings and the plans to revive the death penalty have put the Philippines in a bad light in the eyes of the international community, according to Amnesty International (AI). “The spotlight is on us.…
CEBU CITY–A global human rights organization has described as “alarming” the spate of drug-related killings in the country that took place since President Rodrigo Duterte assumed his post in July 2016. In its annual report, Amnesty International…
Concerns that stripping naked CPDRC inmates violates human rights come to fore Concerns over the stripping naked of inmates at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) during a raid and herding them to a quadrangle…
BEIRUT — Amnesty International accused Syria’s government on Tuesday of hanging up to 13,000 people at a notorious prison over five years in a “policy of extermination,” two weeks before planned peace talks. Titled “Human Slaughterhouse: Mass…
BANGKOK — Thais voted Sunday in a referendum on a new constitution that critics say is tailor-made for the military government to stay in control for several years and entrench a new, quasi-democratic system that gives vast…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Malaysian security law that gives embattled Prime Minister Najib Razak sweeping emergency powers came into force Monday, with Amnesty International warning it could be used to trample on human rights. Under the…
THE local chapter of the human rights group Amnesty International railed against President Benigno Aquino III’s alleged failures to deal with extra-judicial killings and help victims of natural calamities. “We feel that the present administration’s performance is…
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