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More Children Become Casualties of Philippine Military’s ‘Dirty War’
Submitted on Tue, 08/17/2010 - 03:46 in
As the Philippine military continues to wage Oplan Bantay Laya,
its so-called “dirty war” against communists as well as activists,
peasants and workers, more and more children are not only being caught
in the crossfire but have become targets as well of human-rights
violations.
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MARYA SALAMAT, www.bulatlat.comGOVERNMENT DARED TO UPHOLD BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD: RELEASE JUDILYN OLIVEROS AND HER BABY FOR HUMANITARIAN REASONS
Submitted on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 12:32In matters concerning the best interest of the child which the Philippine government claims to uphold through the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Children’s Rehabilitation Center dares the Aquino government to immediately release Carina “Judilyn” Oliveros who gave birth to a baby boy, the 43 health workers and all the political detainees in the country. Read more »
PINOY KID JOINS WALK OF THE WORLD FOR THE SECOND YEAR TO SUPPORT MORE CHILDREN OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION VICTIMS IN THE PHILS.
Submitted on Tue, 07/27/2010 - 02:50For the second consecutive year, 13 year-old Kyle Baleva again joined theInternational Four-Day Marches, also known as the “Walk of theWorld” in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, along with 45,000 people from different parts of the world. The event started July 20 and ends onJuly 23, 2010. Read more »
Children's Rehabilitation Center expresses condolences to kin of victims of Ampatuan massacre in Maguindanao
Submitted on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 03:22
First and foremost, our organization condoles with the
family and relatives of the victims who were mercilessly killed in Ampatuan
town in Maguindanao. Many of those killed were women, including two
people's lawyers, who were unarmed and were on their way towards following the
democratic process of filing the candidacy of their kin for the coming
elections. Also among the almost 62 people killed were media persons who
were there to cover the event and to facilitate the right of the public to
information.
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Study exposes new forms of human rights violations vs children
Submitted on Sun, 12/07/2008 - 07:00The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has committed "new forms" of human rights violations against children by labeling them "child soldiers," a report by a child welfare group said Friday.
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Philippine StarWhen Children-Victims of Child Rights Violation are tagged as 'Child Soldier'
Submitted on Sat, 11/15/2008 - 06:00
CRC Executive Director Ma. Esmeralda Macaspac said the
Philippine government uses the broad definition of ‘child soldiers’ in
the Paris Principles to evade prosecution for violating children’s
rights. Worse, she said, “Communities and people’s organizations
branded as guerilla fronts by a paranoid regime become vulnerable to
attacks and children are bound to be branded as ‘children associated
with armed groups’ by virtue of being residents of these communities or
children of members of such organizations.” Read more »
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BY Ronalyn Olea Human Rights Watch Bulatlat.comBatang mandirigma' ng MILF?
Submitted on Fri, 10/10/2008 - 07:07MUKHANG bata nga sila. Nagmamartsa, nasa pormasyon, matikas. Bitbit ang matataas na kalibre ng baril.
Ganito ang ipinakitang bidyo ni Lt. Col. Julieto Ando, tagapagsalita ng 6th Infantry Division ng Army, sa midya kamakailan bilang patunay daw ng pagkakaroon ng mga "batang mandirigma" sa MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front). Nakuha raw ang bidyong ito sa inabandonang kampo ni Kumander Umbra Kato sa Maguindanao. Read more »
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PinoyWeekly.orgInsights and Images
Submitted on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 03:20I did some work with an NGO called the Children’s Rehabilitation Center (CRC) on my last visit to the Philippines in Oct 2007 to January 2008. The CRC works with children who are victims of state violence. This set of ten images will try to tell just a small part of their current story. As some of you may know, the Philippines is in pretty rough shape these days. It’s current government is said by human rights groups in country and internationally to be guilty of severe abuses. It was until last year the 2nd most dangerous place in the world to be a journalist (after Iraq). Read more »
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alexfelipe.comThe Armed Forces of the Philippines consistently sings the same old tune as excuse for their merciless actions
Submitted on Wed, 09/17/2008 - 06:00The AFP is again using their same old lines of “collateral damage” and tagging children as “child soldier”, as alibi to escape from accountabilities of violating children’s rights. Read more »
AFP is accountable for the death of children in Datu Piang, Maguindanao
Submitted on Wed, 09/10/2008 - 09:23Children’s Rehabilitation Center, a child rights organization here in Southern Mindanao strongly condemned the random bombings made by the Armed Forces of the Philippines particularly the Philippine Airforce last September 8, 2008 in Datu Piang, Maguindanao which killed 6 civillians including 4 innocent children who were evacuating their community on board a motorboat. Read more »
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