Police responsible for torture must be prosecuted
Police responsible for torture must be prosecuted
By Amnesty International
The Philippine government should ensure that police officers responsible for torture shown in a video broadcast yesterday in the national media, are brought to justice, Amnesty International said today (August 18).
A video released yesterday to the Philippine media showed a plainclothes police officer torturing a suspect apparently held for petty theft in a police station, as uniformed police officers looked on. The video prompted the authorities to suspend all 11 officers of the Tondo precinct in Manila, who are now under investigation by Manila police authorities.
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