Group hits AFP over human rights violations during Zamboanga conflict

[Scott Bernard]

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MANILA, Philippines – Human rights abuses allegedly committed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) during the recent Zamboanga city conflict have reinforced the image of the military as a violator of human rights, according to an international human rights advocacy group.
Human rights research and advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) told INQUIRER.net in an exclusive interview that the military, which should be “an exemplar of human rights promotion,” mistreated detainees and put civilians and hostage at greater risk.
HRW Philippines Researcher Carlos Conde said that he found out about the human rights violations through interviews with people that were taken hostage by the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and also some of the detained MNLF members.
Five detained MNLF members had said that plastic bags were placed over their head by police or military authorities to suffocate them and force them to admit they were part of the rebel group.
Some detainees were beaten and there was also a case where the detainee had alcohol poured into his nose while in another, the detainee was blindfolded and his head dunked into a toilet bowl, HRW said.
Minors arrested by authorities were handcuffed to each other and locked up for more than a week with adults, “which is a violation of local laws on children” Conde said. They were also kept in detention for that long without any charges being filed against them, which is illegal.
The military, during its operations, had also continued firing at the members of the rebel group even when they were using hostages as human shields, according to the hostages that HRW interviewed.
“In the case of this conflict, what the MNLF did was they used hostages as human shield,” which Conde said was a very serious violation of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and the worst violation of the conflict.
“Their lives were at risk, but the military during the operations, according to the hostages, kept firing at them even though they know they were hostages and may have wounded or killed some of the hostages,” Conde said.
The actions of the military had placed the risk of the civilian at a higher level, which was also a violation of IHL, he said.

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Naana pod ning Human Rights. Nagpa pogi points nasad.

[lstorya]

Mother****er should get a ****ing life. I hope somebody juz kill this idiots, doesnt even do anything to actually help, only lowers morale.

[peewee_toot]

i therefore conclude that CHR is only made para sa mga criminals...

[Scott Bernard]

Mao ning naka disadvantage sa atong country... tungod kay weak ta, and VERY dependent sa foreign powers, dali ra kaayo maka bully or control nato ang mga big organizations like Human Rights, OIC, US, etc... Kay a few reports against us, it could influence foreign aid, investors and etc...

Dapat ang atong country, especially the President, strong political will... dili padala aning hadla2x sa organizations such as Internation Human Rights craps.

[Scott Bernard]

^^ Sakto jud lage nang ingon nila boss, a good Muslim rebel is a dead one.

Hasta pod tong mga nangadunot nga lawas sa mga rebelde, human rights violation pod kuno kay gepasagdaan lang madunot.

Syempre, kung ila tong panguhaon samtang sige pa ug gyera, ma igo palang sila sa mga snipers.

[lestat1116]

As usual, haha

[kit_cebu]

more fun in the philippines?
proud to be pinoy?

hahaha!!!

way open country modawat diha?!?!?

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mamalikas sa ko ha :: fak off !!!! samuka ning mga animal na human rights !!! ang gibuhat diay sa mga rebelde unsa man diay to ?? mau ning pamusilon ning mga pisti na human rights activists

rak-raki didto ilang opisina unahan gamay sa chong hua access road to cebu doc area...
ayaw nang mo-adto mi sa dentista sa akong bata ha...tapad ra raba kaayo...basin ma-collateral damage ang show...

[Bears Grill]

HRW is making a career out of wasting sympathy on career criminals.

[peewee_toot]

pwede wagtangon lang ni nga sector/department. murag kalas2x lang ni sa atong tax dah...

[hax!]

sila palang ibutang didtu para ma feel nila unsa juy na violate.

para pud manghillum ni sila.