By Morgan Campbell Sports Reporter Wed., April 25, 2018 This week. Amnesty International’s home page featured a banner-sized photo of Colin Kaepernick in a now-familiar pose — dressed in his San Francisco 49ers uniform, taking a knee alongside teammate Eric Reid while the pre-game anthem played. The picture, snapped during the 2016 NFL season, teased a news release announcing Kaepernick’s activism against racism and police brutality had earned him the human rights organization’s Ambassador of Conscience Award. In receiving it, Kaepernick joins a club that includes entertainers like Alicia Keys, and human rights stalwarts like Nelson Mandela and Malala Yousafzai. But nearly 17 months after his last professional game, the 30-year-old Kaepernick remains estranged from the select group of quarterbacks holding down NFL jobs. He believes teams have blackballed him over his activism, and has filed a grievance against the league aiming to prove … [Read more...] about Amnesty International award shows Kaepernick doesn’t need NFL any more
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Amnesty International says Twitter doesn’t respect women’s human rights — and it’s projecting giant examples of abusive tweets on Twitter’s headquarters to prove it
caption The interviews from the report state that Twitter did not take their abuse accounts seriously. source Amnesty International Amnesty International has launched a #ToxicTwitter campaign to accompany a newly-released report detailing Twitter’s failure to create an environment that respects women’s human rights. As part of the campaign, Amnesty projected images of real abusive tweets received by women on the Twitter platform. The campaign launch coincides with the ever-growing #MeToo and #TimesUp movements that combats sexual harassment and assault. Amnesty International, the human rights watchdog, has singled out Twitter for turning a blind eye to rampant harassment and abuse of women on its platform. The organization released a 77-page report on Tuesday titled #ToxicTwitter: Violence and abuse against women online,” that details the results of a 16-month long investigation … [Read more...] about Amnesty International says Twitter doesn’t respect women’s human rights — and it’s projecting giant examples of abusive tweets on Twitter’s headquarters to prove it
Amnesty International report on PH issues is ‘out of context’: Panelo
MANILA - Chief presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo on Friday said Amnesty International may have taken the country's national issues "out of context" in its latest report. The rights group, in its annual report for 2017-18, noted the following issues in the Philippines: extrajudicial executions and summary killings, freedom of expression, human rights defenders, death penalty, internal armed conflict, torture and other ill-treatment, children's rights, right to health, and sexual and reproductive rights. "AI may have taken these issues out of context," Panelo said in a statement. Panelo maintained that there were no extrajudicial killings under the government's drug war and that the police killed their drug targets in self-defense. "As for the spate of killings, there is no such thing as state-sponsored since the police has been following the strict protocols in arresting these drug-related criminals," he said. "The true cause of this is that members of the drug syndicates are … [Read more...] about Amnesty International report on PH issues is ‘out of context’: Panelo
Amnesty International report unfair; many cops facing charges
The country's top cop on Friday described as unfair an Amnesty International report that said Philippine police officers have not been held to account for the killings of alleged drug offenders. Speaking to radio DZMM, Philippine National Police chief Ronald dela Rosa rejected the Amnesty International report that said meaningful investigations into killings of alleged drug offenders in the Philippines have failed to take place. Watch more in iWantv or TFC.tv "Unfair naman 'yan kung totoong sinabi niyang ganun. Meron naman tayong imbestigasyon. May mga na resolved na tayong kaso. Walang kabuluhan na imbestigasyon, e anong nangyari dun sa mga pulis na nakakulong, mga kinasuhan at dinismiss?" he said in the radio interview. Dela Rosa said the PNP under his leadership is currently undergoing an internal cleansing, with many corrupt cops being caught. He earlier said he has already dismissed 352 police officers from the service for various offenses since he assumed his role as PNP chief. … [Read more...] about Amnesty International report unfair; many cops facing charges
‘Bato’ says Amnesty International report ‘unfair’, says many cops facing charges
Duterte leadership style has b***s - Bato The country's top cop on Friday described as unfair an Amnesty International report that said Philippine police officers have not been held to account for the killings of alleged drug offenders. Speaking to radio DZMM, Philippine National Police chief Ronald dela Rosa rejected the Amnesty International report that said meaningful investigations into killings of alleged drug offenders in the Philippines have failed to take place. "Unfair naman 'yan kung totoong sinabi niyang ganun. Meron naman tayong imbestigasyon. May mga na resolved na tayong kaso. Walang kabuluhan na imbestigasyon, e anong nangyari dun sa mga pulis na nakakulong, mga kinasuhan at dinismiss?" he said in the radio interview. Dela Rosa said the slow pace of the investigations of some cases involving policemen could mean that authorities are simply doing a thorough job. He added that police authorities are not "soothsayers" who can just make up stories so that cases are deemed … [Read more...] about ‘Bato’ says Amnesty International report ‘unfair’, says many cops facing charges