WHAT’S GALLING about several videos circulating on the Internet showing military officers beating up trainees is that they seem to have been taken by the delighted torturers themselves, perhaps as a twisted way of showing off their filmmaking skills. Or since these are terrible times for the Armed Forces of the Philippines, what with corruption reaching up to the comptrollership and the top brass, could the videos be perhaps the best way of marketing the AFP and getting recruits? If its image has hit rock-bottom, surely the videos wouldn’t anymore taint the scandal-prone AFP.
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Showing posts with label AFP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AFP. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Trained for torture - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
Trained for torture - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Justice secretary condemns torture in military recruits’ training - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
Justice secretary condemns torture in military recruits’ training - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
Justice secretary condemns torture in military recruits’ training
Justice secretary condemns torture in military recruits’ training
MANILA, Philippines – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) should not invoke military training to justify the use of torture and other forms of physical abuses on its recruits, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima stressed on Sunday.
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