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[24] [25] In 2006, the newspaper Bulatlat placed the number of victims of arbitrary arrest and detention at 120,000. [26] [27] [28] The New People's Army (NPA) groups known as "Sparrow Units" were active in the mid-1980s, killing government officials, police personnel, military members, and anyone else they targeted for elimination.
Arbitrarily depriving an individual of their liberty is prohibited under international human rights law.Article 9 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights decrees that "no one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile"; [7] that is, no individual, regardless of circumstances, is to be deprived of their liberty or exiled from their country without having first ...
"Arbitrary detention" is defined as detention of a person by a public officer without legal grounds. "Expulsion", or "deportation" elsewhere, is defined as "any public officer or employee who, not being thereunto authorized by law, shall expel any person from the Philippine Islands or shall compel such person to change his residence."
A Philippine court has granted bail for Leila De Lima, one of the most vocal critics of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody “war on drugs” after being held in police custody for over six ...
The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) is a body of independent human rights experts that investigate cases of arbitrary arrest and detention. Arbitrary arrest and detention is the imprisonment or detainment of an individual, by a State, without respect for due process. These actions may be in violation of international human rights law.
The MPD jail cell was not the first such secret police detention cell discovered in the Philippines. In January 2014, Amnesty International reported the discovery of a secret torture cell in a police intelligence facility in Biñan, Laguna where officers allegedly routinely tortured 44 inmates for fun in a game of roulette. [7]
The U.N. Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, said in a statement that the "release of the Galaxy Leader crew is heartwarming news that puts an end to the arbitrary detention and separation ...
In the Philippines, amparo and habeas data are prerogative writs to supplement the inefficacy of the writ of habeas corpus (Rule 102, Revised Rules of Court). Amparo means 'protection,' while habeas data is 'access to information.' [1] Both writs were conceived to solve the extensive Philippine extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances since 1999.