Tagged with Enforced Disappearances

[Appeal] AICHR must take a stand against enforced/involuntary disappearances in the region -SAPA TFAHR

[Appeal] AICHR must take a stand against enforced/involuntary disappearances in the region -SAPA TFAHR

26 April 2013 H.E. Pehin Dato Dr. Awang Hj. Ahmad bin Hj. Jumat Chairperson ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) Jalan Subok, Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei Darussalam BD 2710 Tel: (673) 226 1177, 226 1291-5 Fax: (673) 226 1709, 2904 Email: aseanbru@mfa.gov.bn, bruneirep.aichr@gmail.com Your Excellency, Re: AICHR must take a stand against enforced/involuntary disappearances … Continue reading »

[Statement] Anti-Enforced Disappearance Law: A Precious Christmas Gift to All Filipino Desaparecidos -AFAD

[Statement] Anti-Enforced Disappearance Law: A Precious Christmas Gift to All Filipino Desaparecidos -AFAD

Anti-Enforced Disappearance Law: A Precious Christmas Gift to All Filipino Desaparecidos The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) joins the Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance (FIND) and other human rights groups in the Philippines in jubilation for Pres. Benigno Simeon Aquino III’s signing into law the Republic Act No. 10350, otherwise known as the … Continue reading »

[Featured Video] A mother’s day gift (Mrs. Edita Burgos to missing son Jonas…) by REDANTSprod

[Featured Video] A mother’s day gift (Mrs. Edita Burgos to missing son Jonas…) by REDANTSprod

a mother’s day gift Published in Youtube, May 12, 2012 by REDANTSprod Edita Burgos, mother of missing activist Jonas, sends message to ‘son’. File photo source pinoyweekly Human Rights Online Philippines does not hold copyright over these materials. Author/s and original source/s of information are retained including the URL contained within the tagline and byline … Continue reading »

[In the news]‘The Butcher’ faces torture raps – INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

‘The Butcher’ faces torture raps – INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos. By Nikko Dizon, Tonette Orejas, Robert Gonzaga Philippine Daily Inquirer MANILA, Philippines—Retired general Jovito Palparan Jr.—the man activists call “The Butcher”—and several other soldiers were Wednesday slapped with criminal charges, including torture and rape, by the mothers of two University of the Philippines students … Continue reading »