Statement of Commission on Human Rights on the Ombudsman’s junking of the cases against police officers over the secret jail in Manila Police District Station 1
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) remains firm in its pursuit of criminal and administrative cases against the police officers of the Manila Police District (MPD) – Raxabago Police Station 1 over its secret detention cell in 2017. The Ombudsman’s decision to junk the case is a setback in our effort to eliminate the illegal […]
Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the Philippine National Police’s call for CHR to help in addressing jail congestion problems
Problems on jail congestion in the Philippines goes beyond challenges in infrastructure. It represents a larger and deeper problem on how the government regards human rights, including for those who have run in conflict with the law. The fact is that, throughout the years, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has done more than lobbying […]