Tags: International Association of Democratic Lawyers

#BigasHindiBala | Foreign lawyers condemn PH gov’t for violating farmers’ rights

“The actions of the Filipino police violate the rights to life and to be free from arbitrary detention enshrined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; and the right to food guaranteed by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.”

BY THE COUNSELS FOR THE DEFENSE OF LIBERTIES (CODAL) Posted by Bulatlat.com CODAL condemns the Commission on Election for colluding with Sigaw ng Bayan, a party to a petition before it, to railroad the approval for a people’s initiative by taking the hypocritical position of dismissing the complaint without allowing the Oppositors to question the…