154 Charged in Sept. 21 Protest - BusinessWorld Online

Two confirmed killed in Sept. 21 Manila riots

Another casualty in the Sept. 21 Mendiola-Recto riots: forensic experts confirmed a 35-year-old man died from a gunshot wound to the neck.

154 charged in Sept. 21 protest - BusinessWorld Online

PHILIPPINE authorities have charged 154 people arrested during the Sept. 21 anti-corruption protests in Manila with alleged offenses linked to violent clashes, including assault and unrest, a congressman said on Thursday. Camarines Sur Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella said 154 individuals were charged with arson, direct assault, physical assault, robbery, and destruction of property following a protest that turned violent when pockets of demonstrators …

Rights groups, lawyers refute police’s ‘outright lies’ on maltreatment of Sept. 21 detainees

MANILA – The claims of the Philippine National Police denying allegations of torture and abuse against individuals arrested during the protest last Sept. 21 are outright lies.  This is the assertion of human rights group Karapatan following the statement of PNP Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Randulf Tuaño dismissing claims that those detained experienced torture. “There is no other credible evidence of the abuse, torture and cruelty that the arrested i…