Glossary AHRC Asian Human Rights Commission Barangay Village Cafgu Citizen’s Armed Forces Geographical Unit (militia) IB Infantry Battalion (Philippine Army) ID Infantry Division (Philippine Army) IFI Iglesia Filipina Independiente (Philippine […]
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Introduction: The criminal justice system of the Philippines is rotten
Editorial board, article 2 This special report, “The criminal justice system of the Philippines is rotten” (article 2, vol. 5, no. 1, February 2007), is the first published by the […]
Appendix V: Online petition—Stop the killings!
Dear Secretary of the Department of Justice PHILIPPINES: STOP THE KILLINGS NOW Recent years have seen an extraordinary number of political activists and human rights defenders extra-judicially killed in the […]
Appendix III: Open letters to the Philippine authorities
1. A functioning and effective policing and judicial system is required if extra-judicial killings are to be properly prosecuted and prevented AHRC-OL-002-2006, January 11, 2006 Hon. Raul Gonzalez Secretary Department […]
Appendix I: Statement of UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial killings after visit to the Philippines
Manila, 21 February 2007 I have spent the past ten days in the Philippines at the invitation of the Government in order to inquire into the phenomenon of extrajudicial executions. […]
Urgent Appeals from Manipur
Longjam Surjit: Shot dead looking for a horse 1. VICTIM: Longjam Surjit, 18 INCIDENT: Extrajudicial killing ALLEGED PERPETRATORS: 22 Maratha Light Infantry personnel DATE: 31 August 2006 PLACE: Samurou, Imphal […]
The militarisation of Manipur
Laishramcha Jinine, Program Executive, Human Rights Alert, Manipur, India People throughout Manipur live in fear of the sound of three to four olive green jeeps or vans roaring through a […]
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act: An unproclaimed emergency & gross injustice
Dr Naorem Sanajaoba, Professor and Dean of Law Faculty, Gauhati University, Asom, India Extrajudicial executions and other naked human rights violations have been a fact of life in the northeastern […]
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958: “Procedure established by law”?
Khangembam Chonjohn, Former Member, Manipur Human Rights Commission & Former General Secretary, Civil Liberties & Human Rights Organization, Manipur, India Amid the clash of arms, laws are not silent. They […]
Militarisation and impunity in Manipur
Jiten Yumnam & Phulindro Konsam, Committee on Human Rights, Manipur, India Manipur, which is situated on the border of Burma in India’s northeast, has witnessed low-intensity armed conflict ever since […]