Tag Archives: International Covenant

[Statement] “Matuwid na Daan” gone astray… Cybercrime law affront to Human Rights -HRonlinePH.com

“Matuwid na Daan” gone astray… Cybercrime law affront to Human Rights Jose W. Diokno said it well: Human rights are not mere legal concepts they are part of the human essence. Their violation is not the mere taking away of a man has. It is taking away of what a man is. It is a pleasant thought but one that

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SANLAKAS militantly salutes HRONLINE for a virtual year of propagating democracy with social justice and for defending our people’s rights!

SANLAKAS militantly salutes HRONLINE for a virtual year of propagating democracy with social justice and for defending our people’s rights! 30 March 2012 SANLAKAS warmly extends a clench-fisted militant salute to HROnline on the occasion of your 1st Anniversary and for having raised and waved high the banner of progressive unity in the frontlines of mass struggle for one year

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[In the news] UNHRC: Philippine criminal libel law violates freedom of expression – InterAksyon.com

UNHRC: Philippine criminal libel law violates freedom of expression by InterAksyon.com January 29, 2012  MANILA, Philippines – In a landmark decision just recently released, the United Nation Human Rights Commission says Philippine laws criminalizing libel is “incompatible with Article 19, paragraph three of the International Covenant on Civil Political Rights (ICCPR)”, or freedom of expression. This UNHRC’s view, adopted on

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