Wednesday, January 12, 2011

3,000 soldiers, cops face human rights raps; conviction rate ‘dismal’ | VERA Files

3,000 soldiers, cops face human rights raps; conviction rate ‘dismal’ | VERA Files

MORE than 3,000 military and police personnel have been accused of human rights violations since 2005, with a “very dismal” rate of conviction.

Figures from the Commission on Human Rights show that from 2005 to July 2009, a total of 3,196 members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police had been the subject of cases of alleged human rights violation filed with the commission. Of the number, 2,408 were policemen and 788 were military personnel.

CHR Chairperson Loretta Ann Rosales said the average rate of conviction–16 percent– was “very dismal.”

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