By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The US-based, 30-year-old organization Human Rights Watch — the Asia Division of which, incidentally, former New York Times and International Herald Tribune freelance correspondent Carlos Conde is now the Philippine researcher — describes itself as “one of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting…
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Obama Urged to Cut Aid to Philippine Govt
Following the release of the 2008 US State Department report on the Philippines, the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) called on the Obama administration to cut military and other aid to the Arroyo government. Released February 25, the US State Department country report on human rights practices in the Philippines, states, “Arbitrary, unlawful, and extrajudicial killings…