Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 25 May 2019 04:37:06 +0000
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said it would investigate the killing of a police officer on May 22 by suspected members of the NPA
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 21:31:08 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Sunday said it was ready to have a “frank and factual” conversation with Congress regarding the possible restoration of death penalty in the country.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 08:25:41 +0000
MANILA, Philippines -The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Wednesday condemned the killing of a Mangyan tribe leader, allegedly carried out by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Occidental Mindoro earlier this month.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 09:07:15 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is urging government to investigate other cases where drug suspects allegedly resisted arrest (nalaban) during ‘Oplan Tokhang’ operations after the dismissal of a Manila police officer who shot dead a supposed drug suspect with epilepsy in 2017.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 08:00:51 +0000
The CHR has called on the public and private sectors to provide more opportunities for Filipinos with autism spectrum disorder.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 23:24:27 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Human rights and farmers’ groups and the Catholic Church on Sunday condemned the killings of 14 farmers in Canlaon City and two towns in Negros Oriental province, denying police claims that the victims were communist rebels who had violently resisted arrest.
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Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 08:44:57 +0000
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is now investigating the case of the 14 farmers killed during police operations in Negros Oriental on Saturday.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 21:00:11 +0000
The Presidential committee on human rights was created by virtue of Executive Order No. 8 signed on March 18, 1986, by then President Corazon Aquino.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2019 13:00:31 +0000
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) welcomed on Saturday President Rodrigo Duterte’s approval of extending the release of funds until the end of 2019 for victims of human rights abuses during the martial regime of then-President Ferdinand Marcos.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 01:22:51 +0000
The CHR called on the government on Thursday to ensure the protection and security of lawyers labeled as “leftists.”
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