2 kidnapped activists reunite with families
MANILA, Philippines — Two activists who were allegedly kidnapped in San Carlos City in Pangasinan last week have reunited with their families.
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2 activists kidnapped in Pangasinan
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has called for a search for two environmental rights defenders and church workers who were reportedly kidnapped in Pangasinan last weekend.
Press Release - Poe on POGOs
The recent raid in Tarlac bares how illegal operations of offshore gaming have sprawled in the country victimizing the public.
Extraordinary rendition
In American jurisprudence, a fugitive from justice forcibly or violently abducted in a foreign territory cannot invoke such irregularity to escape criminal prosecution in a United States court. The Ker-Frisbie doctrine upholds the jurisdiction of federal courts over criminal defendants kidnapped in countries that have extradition treaties with the US.
DOJ indicts 3 in kidnap of 9 Chinese, Pinoys
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted three suspects for the alleged kidnapping of six Chinese and three Filipinos in Muntinlupa last year.
CHR probes kidnapping of activist’s brother
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is investigating the alleged kidnapping of a brother of an activist and former political prisoner in Batangas last week.
Senate summons ex-cop tagged in beauty queen’s disappearance
MANILA, Philippines — A Senate panel has ordered the issuance of a subpoena against a police official and his driver over the disappearance of beauty queen Catherine Camilon.
Cambodia jails two Taiwanese men for faking kidnap
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Two Taiwanese men have been sentenced to two years in jail each after they staged a fake kidnapping from a Cambodian seaside resort and posted video of it online, a court said on Friday.