[Slideshow] Where’s the Change?: Human Rights Violations Continue Under US-Aquino Regime
Human Rights Under Noynoy
[Slideshow] Where’s the Change?: Human Rights Violations Continue Under US-Aquino Regime
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Audio: ‘Beyond Morong 43, Aquino Needs to Prove Commitment to Human Rights’
Audio: ‘Beyond Morong 43, Aquino Needs to Prove Commitment to Human Rights’
‘Aquino Needs to Commit to Human Rights’
‘It’s Like Shooting Chickens In Abra’
‘It’s Like Shooting Chickens In Abra’
By ARTEMIO A. DUMLAO Bulatlat.com Bangued, Abra (December 10, 2010) – Like shooting chickens or hunting ducks, violence continues to happen in Abra. Regaining its ugly tag as Cordillera’s “Killings Fields”, two more people were killed on Wednesday in Pidigan town,...
The Empire Strikes Back
The Empire Strikes Back
By ALEXANDER COCKBURN Truthout International Posted by Bulatlat.com The WikiLeaks sites have vanished -- though more than 1,400 mirror sites still carry the disclosures. Amazon, Visa, MasterCard, PayPal and the organization's Swiss bank have shut it down, either on...
Hunger and Anger in Afghanistan
Hunger and Anger in Afghanistan
By KATHY KELLY Commondreams.org International Posted by Bulatlat.com The Obama administration has announced the imminent release of a December Review which will evaluate the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan. The military has yet to disclose what the specific...
Hunger Strike Forced Gov’t to Withdraw Charges — Morong 43, Rights Advocates
Hunger Strike Forced Gov’t to Withdraw Charges — Morong 43, Rights Advocates
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“We are happy but we are still angered. In the first place, the Morong 43 are innocent. They should not have been detained,” Ofelia Beltran-Balleta, mother of Jane Balleta, one of the Morong 43, said in an interview with Bulatlat.
Call Center Employees in the Philippines Receive Low-End Jobs, Low Salaries
Call Center Employees in the Philippines Receive Low-End Jobs, Low Salaries
By MARYA SALAMAT
While providing a lot of support to Business Process Outsourcing Companies, the government is ignoring the oppressive working conditions of call center employees.
‘No Change in Human Rights Situation Under Aquino’ – Karapatan
‘No Change in Human Rights Situation Under Aquino’ – Karapatan
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
According to Karapatan, there have been at least 25 victims of extrajudicial killings, two victims of enforced disappearance, 16 victims of torture, and 18 victims of illegal detention under the Aquino administration. It has barely been five months since Aquino took over on June 30.
OFW Survives Jail, Neglect of Philippine Government
OFW Survives Jail, Neglect of Philippine Government
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
All throughout her imprisonment, Camille said, no embassy official visited her nor asked her side of the story. "I went to court hearings five times but they (Philippine embassy officials) did not attend."
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