The US-based Human Rights Watch on Wednesday said that a “death squad” targeting criminal suspects in Tagum City was organized by a former mayor of the city and was responsible for nearly 300 killings in recent years.
The international rights watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged US President Barack Obama to use his Manila visit to press the Philippine government to fulfill pledges to improve respect for human rights and accountability for serious abuses.
The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said migrant domestic workers, including Filipino women brought to the United Kingdom by their employers, are being subjected to serious abuses like forced labor.
The Philippine government failed to end impunity in extrajudicial killings, torture and enforced disappearances, an international group said Monday.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged visiting Australian foreign minister to raise concerns about the “paralyzed criminal justice system” of the Philippines.
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