PH move to delist cases of disappearances assailed
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The government's move to have the United Nations delist more than 600 cases of enforced and involuntary disappearances in the Philippines, mostly attributed to government forces, is tantamount to an outright whitewashing of these crimes, a human rights groupPH move to delist cases of disappearances assailed
The government's move to have the United Nations delist more than 600 cases of enforced and involuntary disappearances in the Philippines, mostly attributed to government forces, is tantamount to an outright whitewashing of these crimes, a human rights group said on Monday. Victims still missing In a statement, Karapatan urged the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (UNWGEID) to reject the Philippine government's move, which began to be carried out last week by senior Philippine officials led by Undersecretary Severo Catura of the Presidential Human Rights Committee. "The victims have been abducted and are still missing, and yet the government even wan...Keep on reading: PH move to delist cases of disappearances assailed Read more