Filing charges not enough, rights group tells Philippine gov’t:
MANILA, Philippines—The government is not doing enough to arrest alleged human rights abusers such as retired Army Major General Jovito Palparan, the Human Rights Watch said Saturday, responding to Malacañang’s comment that it had done its job by filing charges against them.
The New York-based human rights watchdog acknowledged in a statement e-mailed to news organizations that the conviction of human rights abusers lay with courts, but the absence of successful prosecutions "highlights broader problems that do rest with the administration.”
Elaine Pearson, deputy director for HRW’s Asia Division, observed that most cases of human rights violations failed to reach tr...
Keep on reading: Filing charges not enough, rights group tells Philippine gov’t
MANILA, Philippines—The government is not doing enough to arrest alleged human rights abusers such as retired Army Major General Jovito Palparan, the Human Rights Watch said Saturday, responding to Malacañang’s comment that it had done its job by filing charges against them.
The New York-based human rights watchdog acknowledged in a statement e-mailed to news organizations that the conviction of human rights abusers lay with courts, but the absence of successful prosecutions "highlights broader problems that do rest with the administration.”
Elaine Pearson, deputy director for HRW’s Asia Division, observed that most cases of human rights violations failed to reach tr...
Keep on reading: Filing charges not enough, rights group tells Philippine gov’t
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