Duterte's Senate loyalists ousted de Lima from the chair of Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights September 2016 in apparent reprisal for de Lima's move to convene Senate hearings into the war killings.. ..…
In the absence of government investigations, Philippine Senate and Commission on Human Rights have been undertaking their own independent inquiries into the deaths. ..…
(New York) – The Philippine government should invite an independent investigation involving the United Nations into allegations of direct involvement by President Rodrigo Duterte in extrajudicial killings, Human Rights Watch said today. On September 15, 2016, an admitted former “hit..…
The latest salvo against Senate ban on cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment of foreign prisoners is appalling - and pitiful. ..…
Senate hears opposing views on detention at Guantanamo . . Necessity in war on terror or human rights violation? ..…
The Senate's vote 'is an important step toward building a culture of life in America,' Bush said. . Abortion rights advocates saw the vote differently. . 'It's a major strike - there's no question about that - against a woman's right to choose,' said Sen. ..…
Unlike the Senate report, it names names, citing 377 people responsible for crimes and human rights violations during the long era of military rule. . ..…
It's very difficult to amend Constitution, said Hoch, founder and president of the gay rights group Palm Beach County Human Rights Council.. Chris Smith of Fort Lauderdale, Senate Democratic, Rep. Hoch, lawyer, thinks the most route to legalizing same-sex Florida is..…
President Obama had threatened to veto the bill back May, when House passed one version of it, and again November, when Senate passed another, somewhat different version of it.. Human Rights Watch said that President Obama's decision not to veto the bill does enormous damage to..…
In the case of Saudi Arabia, we went in which the government had been responsible for the propagation around the world of textbooks and other materials that called Jews pigs and Christians dogs and were filled with other hateful references. ..…
It was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights. . ..…