“The Constitution does not grant the Senate the power to dismiss, quash, or return the Articles on procedural or political grounds. The only way an impeached official may be acquitted is through a trial, not through a majority vote to dismiss. A two-thirds vote of all senators is constitutionally required to convict, and anything short of that—whether for acquittal or otherwise—can only be arrived at after a fair and public trial.”
“This is an absolutely horrendous miscarriage of justice right under our eyes,” the Harvard law graduate and Geneva law professor added.
“The strategic objective of the attack by Israel and the US on Iran is to impose US imperialist hegemony in the Middle East and control the vast oil resources of the region,” Valbuena said.
The Movement for Media Safety Philippines (MMSP) said it is deeply alarmed that Frenchie Mae Cumpio could not be visited by press freedom advocates at the Tacloban City Jail earlier this week.
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) said Khan’s final report “rightly captures the Ferdinand Marcos Jr administration’s hypocrisy and inaction as regards protecting freedom of opinion and expression and labor and human rights.”
Families of victims in the “war on drugs” in the Philippines continue to face threats, harassment, and reprisals, Protestant churches in the Philippines told the ongoing United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva, Switzerland today.
“Though it took more than five years for the Comelec to come up with a resolution, we still welcome this decision and reiterate that Duterte Youth is a bogus partylist,” Kontra Daya convenor Danilo Arao said.
The current PTFOMS under Torres is diplomatic and calm in its response however, agreeing to Khan’s recommendation that reforms for media safety must align with international standards.
In her final report to the UN Human Rights Council, Khan wrote that while civil society is vibrant and the media landscape is diverse, measures taken by the Ferdinand Marcos government since 2022 to protect human rights “have not been sufficient.”
Ang ibayong pagsandig sa natural na gas ay ibayong pananalig sa maruming panggatong na makakapagpabagal sa layuning lumipat na ang Pilipinas sa malinis na enerhiya.
