Time for President Aquino to tackle the Philippines’ dirty, open secret | Amnesty's global human rights blog
"Although it is talked about little, torture is the Phillipines’ dirty,
open secret. It is endemic. Even though banned in Philippine law, and
even though the country has signed up to all the right international
treaties on ending torture, this has amounted to little more than paper
promises," saidHazel Galang-Folli, Amnesty International’s Expert on the
Philippines
President Benigno Aquino delivered his fifth State of the Nation Address on monday ©Leo, II Sabangan/Demotix
