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Deprived of innocence
Submitted on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 23:05This is a reaction to Inquirer’s September 22 editorial titled “Lost innocence” which cited recent crimes involving children to justify proposed amendments on the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Law of 2006.
Almost half of the estimated 94 million Filipinos are children. It is a fact that some 65 million Filipinos or some 70 percent of the population try to live off on P104, or even as little as P20-P40, a day. This situation is rooted in chronic problems—lack of job opportunities, unjust wages, landlessness and the like. For most Filipino families, food for daily survival comes first before any other needs like schooling and health care, especially now that the government has opted to cut back on the budget for basic social services. The endless price hikes in basic commodities aggravate the situation, and the band-aid solutions of the government cannot ease their sufferings.
READ MORE ON: http://opinion.inquirer.net/12897/deprived-of-innocence
Gobyerno giawhag, katungod sa mga batan-on di yatakan
Submitted on Wed, 09/15/2010 - 09:22 in
ANG Children's Rehabilitation Center (CRC) uban sa mga militanteng
pundok nanawagan sa gobyerno nga ihunong na ang paglapas sa katungod sa
kabataan sa Pilipinas.
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http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao 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.com 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 Star When 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.”
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BY Ronalyn Olea Human Rights Watch Bulatlat.com Batang 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.org Insights 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.com CHR probes air assault which killed civilians
Submitted on Wed, 09/10/2008 - 09:21ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – Philippine human rights investigators on Tuesday began a probe of the air strike which killed seven civilians in the restive southern region of Mindanao.
Mosib Tan, municipal administrator of Datu Piang town, said members of the Commission on Human Rights are currently investigating the deaths of a farming couple and their five children.
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GMANews.TV Group slams continued clashes in Mindanao at Ramadan
Submitted on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 08:56MANILA, Philippines - A militant human-rights group chided the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) for continuing clashes in Mindanao even during Ramadan.
Karapatan called on both camps to stop hostilities and go back to the negotiating table despite the dissolution of the government peace panel by Malacañang.
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GMANews.TV Women, children most affected in Mindanao fighting--study
Submitted on Mon, 08/25/2008 - 09:03MANILA, Philippines -- Women and children are most affected in the ongoing conflict in Mindanao as evacuation centers are lacking in facilities, adequate food, and medicines, and children continue to experience “psychological trauma,” a group said on Monday.
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