THE New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday expressed disappointment toward President Benigno Aquino 3rd’s failure to tackle impunity and human rights violations in the Philippines in his 4th State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday.
James Ross, legal and policy director at HRW, said President Aquino has failed to take significant measures to prosecute members of the military, police and militias implicated in extra judicial killings, torture, and enforced disappearances since he assumed office in 2010.
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