Child terror suspects tortured
United Nations, US—Thousands of children have been detained and many tortured during security operations carried out in response to threats ...
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Rights group scores DoJ
GLOBAL rights watchdog Human Rights Watch scored the Department of Justice for ending its investigation into the Davao Death Squad, ...
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THE government should investigate and prosecute current and former government and security force officials implicated in past abuses, rights watchdog ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.