Army officer denies link to Burgos abduction, says he was far away
The military officer who has been linked to the abduction and disappearance of activist Jonas Burgos in 2007 claims to be a victim of mistaken identity.
The military officer who has been linked to the abduction and disappearance of activist Jonas Burgos in 2007 claims to be a victim of mistaken identity.
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) will join the Commission on Human Rights in conducting further investigation on the disappearance of activists Jonas Burgos.
The Court of Appeals (CA) ruling declaring the Armed Forces of the Philippines and not Leftist rebels was directly responsible for the “enforced disappearance” of journalist and activist Jonas Burgos is being hailed as a “concrete, positive step” towards getting to the bottom of the climate of impunity which gripped the Arroyo administration.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines, one of the institutions blamed for the atrocities during martial law, has welcomed the law granting compensation to the victims of human rights during that dark chapter of Philippine history
The military said Leonard Co, a consultant to the Lopez-owned Energy Development Corp. (EDC), company forest guard Sofronio G. Cortez and Co’s guide Julius Borromeo were reportedly caught in the crossfire between troops of the Army’s 19th Infantry Battalion (IB) and communist rebels in Upper Mahiao, Barangay (village) Lim-ao.
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has recommended criminal charges against eight soldiers and their commanders for the killing of a respected botanist and his two aides two years ago.
The Commission on Human Rights has called for criminal charges against eight soldiers and their two commanders for the killing of a respected botanist and his two aides.
Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and his mother, Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos, are in danger of losing more of their assets stashed in the Philippines, the US and other countries after the US Court of Appeals upheld a $353-million contempt ruling against them and the Marcos estate.
The Commission on Human Rights in Central Visayas (CHR-7) will investigate reports of a foreign student from Papua New Guinea who was allegedly mauled by members of the Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT)-Cebu City.
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said it had found a pattern of selective and systematic extrajudicial killings of 206 individuals accused or suspected of committing various offenses by a vigilante group in Davao City from 2005 to 2009.
One of the suspects behind the shooting of a 55-year-old Commission on Human Rights investigator underwent a paraffin test Friday to check whether he fired a gun, police said.
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Tuesday began investigating allegations of human rights abuses attributed to an Australian company that is planning to start large-scale mining in the remote village of Runruno in Quezon town, about 40 km from here.
Two years into the Aquino administration, not a single human rights violator has been arrested and sent to jail, Commission on Human Rights chairperson Loretta Anne Rosales admitted to INQUIRER.net.
