While the drug-related killings have overshadowed enforced disappearances, there are reports of the rise of the number of EJK victims who were first abducted and disappeared before their bodies were found.
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‘CHR whitewashing Lumád killings’ – youth solon
“What the CHR fails to show, is that the Lumad themselves are being targeted by the military – with or without the presence of the NPA.”
Lumad leader says CHR failed to probe paramilitary, Army abuses
“Is the CHR serious with its intention to get to the roots of the problems of the Lumad evacuees?”
Soldiers shoot at houses of residents in Isabela, Cagayan provinces

By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Why are you shooting at us? We are civilians!” the residents shouted but their pleas were ignored.
Bill to compensate martial law victims barely moving

By RONALYN V. OLEA
It has been 26 years since dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos was toppled but the victims of tyranny have not received any compensation from the government.
Groups say CHR insiders, lawyers likely involved in Marcos compensation scam

By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The accountability of the CHR and Attys. Swift and Domingo cannot be ignored.” – Bayan Muna Representative Teddy Casiño
Father calls on Aquino to act on son’s killing
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com STA. LUCIA, Ilocos Sur – One farmer here pleads for President Benigno Simeon Aquino III to render justice on the death of his son in the hands of alleged state agents a year ago. Rizalino Valdez said that it would be one year on October 7…
Groups call for probe on abduction of 3 farmers in Negros
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Peasant group Unyon ng mga Mangggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA) urged the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to investigate the abduction of three farmers by suspected paramilitary agents in Canlusong village, Enrique B. Magalona municipality, Negros Occidental. Farmers Michael Celeste, Gerald Abale and Jully Devero have been missing since…
By failing to act promptly, CHR deprived torture victims of remedy — critics

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“To our knowledge we are not aware of whether the CHR had indeed commenced an investigation; and if there had been, it fell short of what may be considered a ‘prompt investigation.'” – Asian Human Rights Commission.
News in Pictures: Progressive lawyers, groups file manifestation questioning CHR decision on Roxas torture case
MANILA — The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) filed a manifestation at the Commission of Human Rights (CHR) on Tuesday regarding its recent resolution absolving the military from its liability on the enforced disappearance and arbitrary detention of Filipino-American activist Melissa Roxas and her two other companions Juanito Carabeo and John Edward Jandoc. (Photos by Tudla Productions / bulatlat.com)
CHR Report on Roxas Torture Favors Palparan and Torturers of 7th ID – CPP
PRESS RELEASE 25 April 2011 The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) denounced the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) for covering up the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) responsibility for the abduction and torture in 2009 of Fil-Am activist Melissa Roxas and her two companions, and implying that the crime was carried out by…