Torture degrades victims and perpetrators
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Torture degrades victims and perpetrators

Mary Aileen Diez-Bacalso On June 26, the United Nations once again commemorated the International Day…

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The voice of the disappeared in Pakistan
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The voice of the disappeared in Pakistan

Mary Aileen Diez-Bacalso One of the beautiful friendships I have forged with family members of…

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Torture, the scourge that refuses to go away
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Torture, the scourge that refuses to go away

Mary Aileen D. Bacalso, Manila  Once again, the international community commemorated the International Day in…

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Sombath Somphone was abducted on a busy street in Vientiane, Laos, in 2012. Photo: UCAN/Radio Free Asia
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From victims to defenders

Edita Tronqued-Burgos  We will never be short of “living heroes” from whom we can draw…

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Remembering the desaparecidos of the Philippines
Posted in Features | Commentary Human Rights Social Justice The Philippines

Remembering the desaparecidos of the Philippines

Mary Aileen D. Bacalso It has been almost eight years since former president, Benigno “Noynoy”…

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