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The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers denounces the illegal arrest, continued illegal detention, torture and cruel, degrading and inhuman treatment of forty-three (43) health workers… 02/16/2010
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Opinion & Analysis
‘Make the Perpetrators Accountable’
IMMIGRATION: Justice for everyone… except Omar Khadr
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Our Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is as clear as a bell. It says that “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security… 02/16/2010
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LETTER FROM TORONTO: Why choose the lesser evil?
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By Joe Rivera This coming national election in the Philippines will not be an ordinary one. While a successor to incumbent president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will… 02/01/2010
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LETTER FROM TORONTO: Big business and trapos
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By Joe Rivera Trapo is the familiar word Filipinos have come to use in describing the country’s traditional politicians. Literally translated from Spanish, trapo means… 02/01/2010
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Whitewash
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The recent moves of the Arroyo government in the aftermath of the Maguindanao massacre reeks of nothing less than a whitewash. Not only is it… 02/01/2010
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Perpetuating Impunity in the May 2010 Elections
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The Comelec, by providing Arroyo the opportunity to perpetuate herself in power through the representative-prime minister route and Estrada the opportunity to regain power, is… 02/01/2010
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2010 Bets Should Focus on Economy, Accountability, Sovereignty Issues
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MANILA — The official campaign period for presidential, vice-presidential, and senatorial candidates in the 2010 elections does not start until next month. But for all… 02/01/2010
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IMMIGRATION: Special measures for Haitians fall short
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Minister Jason Kenney’s weekend announcement which set out the special measures that will be taken by Canada’s immigration department for those affected by the recent… 02/01/2010
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2010: Signs of hope and disquiet
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A priority agenda of the new government is to restore faith in government by mending the institutions that were undermined by the outgoing regime. (Read… 01/18/2010
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Land, Justice and the Peasantry
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Majority of victims of human-rights violations in the Philippines are peasants. They are the ones most denied not just land but justice. So any candidate… 01/18/2010
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