Tag: Freedom from Torture
Chin: Asylum Seekers Face Discrimination
Recent political reforms have not improved conditions in Myanmar’s northwestern Chin State, but life in neighbouring India - where many Chin people continue to seek asylum and livelihoods - often means surviving without legal protection and encountering tensions with host communities, experts say.
A 1988 uprising against the Burmese military government...
Viet Nam: Inside Hanoi’s Torture Chambers
Talk about impeccable timing. No sooner has Vietnam taken its place as a new member of the United Nations Human Rights Council this month than a major report documents Hanoi's widespread use of torture on political and religious prisoners. Cynicism about the U.N. shouldn't dim outrage over the contrast.
Many...
KMU: Activists may have been victims of police ‘torture roulette’ in Laguna
MANILA, Philippines – Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) on Sunday asked the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to further look into the so-called torture chamber in Biñan, Laguna run by the provincial intelligence branch (PIB) of the Philippine National Police (PNP).
The group called for a “thorough investigation into the injustices...
Philippine cops have ‘torture chamber, use it for amusement’
MANILA The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has revealed the existence of a secret police “torture chamber” in Laguna province in Southern Luzon where the detainees were reportedly maltreated for the “amusement” of policemen whenever they got drunk.
Loretta Rosales, the CHR chairman, told a media briefing the chamber was...
Philippines: Death threats against Mr. Arthur “Jun” Agarado Sapanghari, Jr.
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in the Philippines.
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The Observatory has been informed by Task Force Detainees...
BURMA/MYANMAR: Ethnic indigenous Chin christians afraid to return home
A 1988 uprising against the Burmese military government left thousands of citizens dead and many parts of the country, including Chin, were heavily militarized. Like other ethnic communities in Myanmar, the Chin people bore the brunt of severe poverty and military rule, prompting many to flee across the 1,463km...
Philippine police officers played roulette to torture suspects
HANOI--Ten national police officers in the Philippines have been fired for torturing detainees in a twisted game of “roulette,” according to human rights officials and activists.
"For police officers to use torture 'for fun' is despicable," said Amnesty International, the London-based human rights advocacy group. "These are abhorrent acts."
The case...
CHR to sign agreement against involuntary disappearance
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) announced on Wednesday, February 5, that it will sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Department of National Defense (DND) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) on the implementation of...
Abducted, tortured and jailed NDFP consultant freed in Philippines
CEBU (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 8, 2014) – A peace consultant of the leftist National Democratic Front of the Philippines, who was abducted, tortured and jailed by Philippine authorities, has been freed after a local court dismissed rebellion charges against him, the human rights group called Karapatan said.
Ramon Patriarca,...
Human rights group slams senators’ tolerance for Duterte’s threat to kill smugglers
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — The international watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) has expressed concern over the senators’ seeming support for Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s threats against a smuggling suspect during the Senate committee hearing on smuggling early this week, saying it will encourage impunity.
“Duterte’s threat was appalling. But...
