Secret Cell Found in Philippines Police Station

Members of the Philippines' Commission on Human Rights, accompanied by journalists, have discovered a tiny, secret cell in a Manila police station that was stuffed with 12 men and women who had been detained for a week. Gilbert Boisner, Manila director of the rights commission, said no charges had been filed against anyone in the group who had been "picked up on the pretext of drugs." Human Rights Watch said the detainees were held "without notifying families or...

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