Amnesty International criticized the Philippine government on Wednesday for allegedly failing to crack down on torture committed by the security forces against detained persons.

“Impunity for torture and other ill-treatment remains a critical human rights problem in the Philippines,” London-based Amnesty charged in a letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council.

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