New AFP chief dared to bring abusive military personnel before Congress (tags)
Taking cue from the statement of newly-installed Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Alexander Yano to make good his promise to turn over to civilian authorities military personnel involved in abusing military detainees, opposition lawmaker Rep. Teofisto Guingona III yesterday challenged the latter to fulfill his promise by turning over erring personnel to the House committee on human rights. “Bring those erring officers before the committee on human rights of the House of Representatives so that we may know the truth,” Guingona said.
Todo listo para operación humanitaria en Colombia (tags)
En declaraciones desde la Casa de Nariño, el Comisionado para la Paz, Luis Carlos Restrepo, expresó la disposición del gobierno a garantizar el rápido desarrollo de la operación, que sería realizada de conjunto entre Venezuela, Colombia y el Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja (CICR)
4 Marines charged in mass murder of 24 Iraqi civilians (tags)
Four Marines from Camp Pendleton, Calif., were charged Thursday with multiple counts of murder and several lesser charges in the shooting death last year of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians. Four Marine officers, including a lieutenant colonel, were charged with trying to cover up the crimes.
Trans/Giving Febuary 13th (tags)
Invitation to come to Trans/Giving on Friday the 13th
Hatred Will Never Silence Our Art Trans/Giving A bimonthly celebration of trans/genderqueer/intersex artists