Military abuses flourish under Noynoy — HRW 07/20/2011

Military abuses flourish under Noynoy — HRW

07/20/2011
President Aquino has failed to curb extra-judicial killings and other human rights abuses by the military during his first year in office, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said yesterday.

While Aquino’s adminis-tration appears more willing to tackle the problem than previous governments, soldiers are still getting away with the unlawful targeting of mainly leftist activists, the New York-based monitor said.

“There is a continued pattern of extra-judicial killings of leftist activists,” HRW’s deputy Asia director Elaine Pearson said in Manila as she released a 98-page report on alleged rights abuses by the Philippine military.

“Despite several strong statements... what we’ve seen is that in many ways, the pattern remains the same.”.... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110720hed5.html