HR watchdog says Noynoy reneged on vow vs impunity
01/24/2012In a separate report, HRW said the Philippine government should disable abusive paramilitary forces and take concrete steps to hold those responsible for killings and other rights violations to account.
The group, in its 2012 World Report, called the arrest of former Armed Forces Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan, the highest-ranking militart officer to be charged for human rights abuses, an “unprecedented development.”
Palparan, who remains at large, is implicated in the abduction, torture, and killing of dozens of leftist activists in the Philippines..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20120124hed2.html
0 comments
Post a Comment