CHR to Investigate Police Conduct at Manila Protests

Witnesses, footage belie 'maximum tolerance' accounts in Sept. 21 riots

Witnesses and videos show police using force in Sept. 21 Manila riots despite government claims of maximum tolerance.

CHR to investigate police conduct at Manila protests

THE Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Tuesday revealed its plan to conduct an impartial inquiry into reports that law enforcement authorities may have violated the police rules of procedure on the use of force during the violent dispersal of protesters in Mendiola, Manila, last Sunday.Likewise, the commission will also try to determine, after an investigation, whether grave human rights violations were committed, CHR Chairman Richard Palpal-la…

CHR probing possible human rights violations in Sept. 21 Manila protest

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) will conduct its own inquiry into possible human rights violations in Manila during the September 21 protests against corruption related to the anomalous flood control projects.

From cleanup to cover-up, groups lambast authorities for whitewashing police brutality at Manila’s ground zero -

First came the denials: no tear gas, no deaths, just “maximum tolerance,” officials claimed. But as harrowing footage of torture and bloodied streets spread across social media, national and local authorities in Manila came up with tactics to whitewash police brutality. Rights groups warned that such a move was aimed at erasing physical traces of […] The post From cleanup to cover-up, groups lambast authorities for whitewashing police brutality …

Rights groups slam arrests, violence at Sept. 21 protest

HUMAN rights groups condemned the violent dispersal and mass arrests of protesters during the Sept. 21 anti-corruption rally in Manila, calling for accountability from police and government officials.At least 216 people were arrested during the protest, including 91 minors, the youngest just nine years old, according to rights group Karapatan. Lawyers from the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) are representing more than 20 detainees as i…

91 children arrested in protest is a ‘large-scale children’s rights violation’

MANILA – The arbitrary mass arrests of 91 children is a “large-scale children’s rights violation”, according to advocates. The data comes from the National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL), who immediately responded to the Manila Police District (MPD), where they documented at least 216 individuals (including minors) confirmed to have been arrested by the police. Karapatan’s human rights lawyer also revealed that the youngest individual arrested…