Where Is Human Rights in the Aquino Government’s Agenda?
Where Is Human Rights in the Aquino Government’s Agenda?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS
Analysis
Bulatlat.com
The infamy of the former Arroyo administration did not begin and end with the corruption scandals it was involved in. There were the allegations of cheating during the 2004 elections, which shook the ground it was standing on. And there was the spate in human rights violations – especially extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, killings of journalists, and the filing of trumped-up charges against its perceived enemies – which resulted in it being extremely isolated nationally and internationally.
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