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U.S. withholds aid to Philippines after Duterte boasts of looking for people to kill

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Japan Times

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte arrives for a meeting Wednesday in Phnom Penh. The U.S. said Thursday it is withholding a major aid package to the Philippines and is deeply troubled by a boast from the nation’s leader that he used to drive around looking for criminals to kill. | AP

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Washington – The United States said Thursday it is withholding a major aid package to the Philippines and is deeply troubled by a boast from the nation’s leader that he used to drive around looking for criminals to kill.

It was the latest sign of strain in U.S.-Philippine relations since President Rodrigo Duterte launched a crackdown on illegal drugs has led to thousands of deaths in police gunbattles. Tiếp tục đọc “U.S. withholds aid to Philippines after Duterte boasts of looking for people to kill” →

Myanmar ‘Callous’ Toward Anti-Rohingya Violence, U.N. Says

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By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE DEC. 16, 2016

Myanmar police officers patroled along the border fence between Myanmar and Bangladesh in Maungdaw, Rakhine State, Myanmar, in October. Thein Zaw/Associated Press

GENEVA — The top human rights official for the United Nations condemned the Myanmar government’s handling of violence in Muslim areas bordering Bangladesh on Friday, saying it risked creating a breeding ground for violent extremism.

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‘I Cannot Lie,’ Rodrigo Duterte Says, Confirming He Did Kill People as Mayor

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By RUSSELL GOLDMANDEC. 16, 2016

President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines on Friday in Singapore. Officials loyal to Mr. Duterte have tried to soften his boasts of having killed people, saying he has a tendency to exaggerate. Wong Maye-E/Associated Press

President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines confirmed on Friday that he had personally pulled the trigger and killed three people as mayor of Davao City, doubling down on boastful comments he made this week, which loyalists had tried to deny.

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Bangladesh Is Vanishing The Opposition

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Bangladesh Is Vanishing The Opposition

When the plainclothes police came for Mir Ahmad bin Quasem, they didn’t even give him time to put on his shoes. According to his wife, at around 11 p.m. on Aug. 9, the young lawyer was dragged down the steps of their first-floor apartment in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, and into an unmarked van. Their two young daughters ran behind, screaming. Tiếp tục đọc “Bangladesh Is Vanishing The Opposition” →

Philippine lawmakers file criminal case against Duterte critic

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Reuters Dec 13, 2016 Japan Times

MANILA – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s allies in Congress on Tuesday filed a criminal complaint against a senator who has been an outspoken critic of a surge of extrajudicial killings unleashed by the president’s campaign against drugs. Tiếp tục đọc “Philippine lawmakers file criminal case against Duterte critic” →

Kỳ 8: Khi đàn ông viết sử

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Hai bà Trưng trên tranh dân gian

MTG –   Ở Trung Quốc cũng như ở Việt Nam, lịch sử là do đàn ông viết. Hễ có một phụ nữ nào “nảy nòi” làm nên đại sự thì bị các ông tìm mọi cách bêu riếu cho lên bờ xuống ruộng ngay, trừ một số trường hợp đặc biệt như Hai Bà Trưng hay Bà Triệu ở Việt Nam.

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Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte says he personally killed people

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People gather around the body of a woman still clutching a child’s school bag after she was shot in an apparent drug-related killing while walking with her two children to school in a poor neighborhood in Manila on Dec. 8. | AP

AFP-JIJI Japan Times Dec 14, 2016

MANILA – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he personally killed suspected criminals when he was mayor of a southern city to set an example for police.

Duterte made the comments in a speech to businessmen on Monday night as he discussed his campaign to eradicate illegal drugs, in which police and unknown assailants have killed thousands of people since he became president on June 30. Tiếp tục đọc “Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte says he personally killed people” →

The horrors of modern slavery, in numbers

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An artisanal miner works at Tilwizembe, a former industrial copper-cobalt mine, outside of Kolwezi, the capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, June 11, 2016. Picture taken June 11, 2016. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe - RTSIIMR

weforum_Modern slavery is a hidden crime, yet it’s happening right under our noses, in every part of world. In fields, factories, building sites, brothels and homes.

It takes on many different forms: human trafficking, forced and bonded labour, sexual exploitation, domestic servitude, forced marriage, organ removal, and often exists in more than one of these guises. Tiếp tục đọc “The horrors of modern slavery, in numbers” →

Pageant Silences Beauty Queen, a Critic of China, at U.S. Contest

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By ANDREW JACOBS DEC. 13, 2016 New York Times

Anastasia Lin in Toronto last year. The Chinese authorities later blocked her from attending the Miss World pageant in China. Ian Willms for The New York Times

After the Chinese authorities blocked the Canadian beauty queen Anastasia Lin from attending the 65th annual Miss World pageant in China last year, the event’s British organizers offered her a consolation prize, of sorts: They promised to allow her a chance to compete in the 2016 finals, which are currently underway in suburban Washington.

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Killings of land rights activists tripled in 2016

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ALJAZEERA Dec. 13, 2016

Roughly 16 land rights advocates have been killed each month from January through November.

Mapuche Indian activists demand their indigenous rights and land for their communities in Santiago, Chile [Reuters]

The battle over land and resources turned bloodier in the past year with treble the number of land rights defenders killed, according to a human rights group that fears that the violence will get even worse. Tiếp tục đọc “Killings of land rights activists tripled in 2016” →

‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals’

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New York Times

Photographs and Text by DANIEL BEREHULAK DEC. 7, 2016

Inside President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal antidrug campaign in the Philippines, our photojournalist documented 57 homicide victims over 35 days.

YOU HEAR A MURDER SCENE before you see it: The desperate cries of a new widow. The piercing sirens of approaching police cars. The thud, thud, thud of the rain drumming on the pavement of a Manila alleyway — and on the back of Romeo Torres Fontanilla.

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Manila Catholic churches pray executions not reinstated

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ALJAZEERA

Catholic Churches across Manila signal opposition to legislative move to bring back executions on at least 20 crimes.

Catholic nuns protest drug-related extrajudicial killings on International Human Rights Day in Manila on December 10 [Reuters]

Roman Catholic churches in Manila have read a prayer against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s plans to re-impose the death penalty on heinous crimes, including drug-related offences. Tiếp tục đọc “Manila Catholic churches pray executions not reinstated” →

Investigators: Philippine police killed jailed mayor

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Probe contradicts President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that imprisoned mayor linked to illegal drugs died in a gun battle.

Rolando Espinosa was mayor of Albuera town in the eastern province of Leyte [File: Mark R Cristiano/EPA]
Rolando Espinosa was mayor of Albuera town in the eastern province of Leyte [File: Mark R Cristiano/EPA]

Philippine police killed a town mayor linked to illegal drugs while he was helpless in a prison cell, justice department investigators alleged.

The National Bureau of Investigation said on Tuesday that it filed murder complaints against two dozen police officers and personnel last week after a probe showed they shot dead Mayor Rolando Espinosa and his cellmate Raul Yap in the central province of Leyte in November. Tiếp tục đọc “Investigators: Philippine police killed jailed mayor” →

Indonesians rally for unity after blasphemy protests

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Crowds waved 'We Are Indonesia' signs and held a giant red-and-white national flag [Reuters]

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Indonesians rally for unity after blasphemy protests

Crowds gather in Jakarta in response to protests against city’s Christian governor who is accused of blasphemy.

Crowds waved ‘We Are Indonesia’ signs and held a giant red-and-white national flag [Reute

Tens of thousands of Indonesians have rallied in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, calling for tolerance and unity after massive protests were held against the city’s Christian governor.

The crowds on Sunday filled a major traffic circle in Jakarta and sprawled into its main thoroughfares, waving “We Are Indonesia” signs and a giant red-and-white national flag was held aloft. Tiếp tục đọc “Indonesians rally for unity after blasphemy protests” →