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                    [ArticleID] => 2179277
                    [Title] => Fighter for human rightstagged as ‘trouble-maker’
                    [Summary] => “Before I visited the Philippines in February 2007, I was warned that she was a trouble-maker,” admitted a United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, “and that I should not trust any information that she provided to me.”
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-05-07 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133567
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804785
                    [AuthorName] => Satur C. Ocampo
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
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                    [ArticleID] => 1856545
                    [Title] => Palace to BBC: Show report on Davao Death Squad
                    [Summary] => Presidential spokesman Harry Roque yesterday challenged the British Broadcasting Corp. to produce the report of former United Nations special rapporteur Philip Alston on the deaths tied to the Davao Death Squad as he stood by his claim that President Duterte has been cleared of the killings.
                    [DatePublished] => 2018-10-02 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1805309
                    [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero
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                    [ArticleID] => 1405703
                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Acknowledging a problem
                    [Summary] => 

In 2007, a special rapporteur of the United Nations said the Armed Forces of the Philippines was in “almost total denial” about the involvement of its members in extrajudicial killings.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20141223/startoon.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 733855 [Title] => Rights group tells rebels: Spare civilians [Summary] =>

A human rights watchdog asked the New People’s Army, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), to immediately end unlawful killings and detention of civilians.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-05 11:54:13 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1434772 [AuthorName] => Jun Pasaylo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 637680 [Title] => Aquino orders 'Morong 43' freed [Summary] =>

President Aquino ordered prosecutors Friday to drop criminal charges against 43 health workers arrested by the army as suspected communist rebels 10 months ago, saying their rights were violated.

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-10 15:02:07 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 523521 [Title] => US lawmakers concerned over Davao killings [Summary] =>

American lawmakers have expressed concern over scores of unsolved killings in Davao City that have been perpetrated reportedly by a death squad enjoying protection from local authorities.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 521957 [Title] => '$2-million US military aid withheld' [Summary] =>

Speaker Prospero Nograles said yesterday the $2-million US military aid for the Philippines has been “temporarily withheld” pending questions about human rights violations, contrary to reports that the US Congress had canceled it.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 517953 [Title] => UN investigator warns US on use of drones [Summary] =>

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – A U.N. human rights investigator warned the United States Tuesday that its use of unmanned warplanes to carry out targeted executions may violate international law.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-28 09:41:17 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 504268 [Title] => 22 civilians killed by "death squad" in Davao [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) -- At least 22 more Filipino civilians have been killed by a group of death squad active in the southern Philippine city of Davao, a state prosecutor said today (Sept 12).

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-12 18:01:52 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 474107 [Title] => UN envoy: Unexplained killings in RP down 70% [Summary] => MANILA, Philippines – The number of unexplained killings in the country has been reduced by 70 percent, according to a follow-up report by a UN envoy presented at the 11th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. [DatePublished] => 2009-06-04 17:51:27 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1271825 [AuthorName] => Dino Maragay [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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