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Wife of desaparecido asks: Who's next?
16 Mar 2005 When I learned about the disappearance of Danny "DM" Macapagal, I felt a sudden coldness, reminiscent of the feelings of fear which came over me when my husband Honor and my friend Johnny went missing three years ago. Three years ago, DM was with our families, the Ayrosos and Orcinos, when we came searching for Honor and Johnny Orcino, at the detachment of the 71st IB of the Philippine Army in Sto. Nino III in San Jose City, at the San Jose City PNP headquarters, at the provincial PNP in Cabanatuan city, the PNP Regional HQ in San Fernando, Pampanga, at the 7th Infantry Division in Fort Magsaysay. |
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Government as terrorist
11 Mar 2005 Tarlac City councilor Abelardo Ladera was a marked man. Everyone said so especially after the military's Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) announced in a press briefing, without an iota of proof, that he was a leader of t he Communist Party of the Philippines/ New People's Army (CPP/NPA) responsible for fomenting social unrest at the Cojuangco-owned Hacienda Luisita. |
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Military Steps on Rights to " Secure" US Forces in North Quezon
1 Mar 2005 Members of the 76th Infantry Battalion, arbitrary arrested, without warrant, 4 members of Gabriela Women�s Party list in Quezon at 11:30am on March 1, 2005. According to witnesses, Miralyn Gamba, Leonila Manalo, Nancy Elle and a pregnant Aileen Ramos were walking along the highway of Sitio Balugbog, Brgy. Bataan, Sampaloc, Quezon when 2 soldiers of the 16th IB passed by. After a few minutes, the soldiers fired a warning shot and asked the women to halt. The Soldiers did not identify themselves and refused to answer the women�s queries as to the circumstances of their "arrest." |
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National Fact-Finding and Medical Mission sa Occidental Mindoro, nagsimula na Harassment naranasan ng mga myembro ng team, mga residente
22 Nov 2004 Dumating sa Abra de Ilog, Mindoro Occidental ang team ng NFFMM na binubuo ng 52 katao � mga human rights workers, abogado, pari, pastor at mga doktor. Nagkarron ng courtesy call kay Abra de Ilog Vice Mayor Nardo Alcantara para maluwalhating maisagawa ang misyon sa naturang lugar. Ang team ay pinaligiran ng anim na sundalo na may dalang mahahabang baril habang nakikipag-usap sila sa vice mayor. |
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KARAPATAN to Sto. Tomas: DOLE and the Cojuangcos are the ones who have blood in their hands
14 Nov 2004 In reaction to statements that she was responsible for deputizing the military to intervene in the Hacienda Luisita strike, DOLE Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas yesterday said that she is not the one with blood on her hands. Sto. Tomas said in television interviews that the instigators of the Hacienda Luisita strike are the ones who have blood in their hands. |
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SELDA & Bayan Muna file proposed indemnification bill for ML victims anew
20 Sept 2004 On the eve of the 32nd year of the declaration of Martial Law, SELDA, through the partylist group Bayan Muna, filed the bill that seeks to compensate victims of human rights violations of the Marcos dictatorship. |
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In the wake of the transfer of the Marcos ill-gotten wealth from the PNB to the General Fund of the National Treasury�
SELDA condemns the secrecy of the transfer of the ill-gotten money and demands public report of where the funds are right now
SELDA, the organization of former political prisoners that initiated and won the class action suit against Marcos in the US Federal Court, expressed outrage and alarm over reports that the transferred Marcos ill-gotten funds intended for land reform and the indemnification of the martial law victims are now transferred to the General Fund and held by Bangko Sentral and the Land Bank of the Philippines. |
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As the world observes the International Day of the Disappeared on June 4 Victims of disappearances still denied of justice
2 Jun 2004 In commemorating the International Day of the Disappeared on June 4, Desaparecidos, the organization of relatives and friends of the victims of enforced disappearance expressed rage and disappointment over the continuing phenomenon of enforced disappearances under the Arroyo administration. |
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GMA told to rethink US support Height of hypocrisy
20 May 2004 While KARAPATAN, the Alliance for the Advancement of People's Rights says that the US report on the 'problematic' human rights record of the Arroyo regime only affirms KARAPATAN's findings, the progressive human rights group also slams the US government's own record of gross human rights violations not only in America but in other countries of the world, including the Philippines. |
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As CHR castigates Palparan, KARAPATAN challenges continuing impunity practices
18 May 2004 The Commission on Human Rights , issued a copy of its notice of resolution en banc dated March 16, 2004 today pertaining to the complaint filed by Orly Marcellana, Maria Gumanoy, Irein Cuasay and Christine dela Cruz in behalf of the victims Eden Marcellana, former Secretary General of KARAPATAN-Southern Tagalog and Eddie Gumanoy, chairman of KASAMA-TK, castigating the respondent Col. Jovito S. Palparan, Jr. former Commanding Officer of the 204th Infantry Brigade in Mindoro Oriental for his failure to initiate investigations of the cases filed against his men and for his failure to implement the provisions on the "Rules of Engagement for Internal Security Operations" (issued on August 10, 1998 by then AFP Chief of Staff Joselin B. Nazareno). |
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Zenaida Llesis released today along with two other nursing mothers! Human Rights Group Lauds Release of first batch of political prisoners
29 April 2004 KARAPATAN, the Alliance for the Advancement of People�s Rights lauded today the release of the first batch of political prisoners as the countdown on the release of the 32 political prisoners as promised by the GRP during the last Peace Negotiations in Norway nears its end on May 5, 2004. |
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As the countdown for the release of 32 Political Prisoners come to a close on May 5 KARAPATAN deplores continued detention of Mamburao 7, calls for their immediate release
28 April 2004 As the countdown for the release of the 32 Political Prisoners nears its end on May 5, 2004, KARAPATAN, the militant alliance of human rights organizations in the country, calls on the government to free the Mamburao 7, as promised by it in the recently-concluded peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines in Oslo, Norway from March 30-April 2, 2004. |
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STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR HARRASSED ILPS ACTIVIST ALIYA ELISABETH BRUNNER
21 April 2004 KARAPATAN or the Alliance for the Advancement of People�s Rights, a progressive human rights alliance in the Philippines, strongly condemns the recent abduction and attack on IAPL member and ILPS activist Aliya Elisabeth Brunner last April 18, 2004 by the Tuzla civil police. She was on her way to the Tuzla trade-union office when the incident happened. |
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STATEMENT BY THE JOINT MONITORING COMMITTEE
15 April 2004 The Government of the Republic of the Philippines�Monitoring Committee (GRP-MC) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines-Monitoring Committee (NDFP-MC) today formally convened the Joint Secretariat of the Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) at the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) compound in Intramuros, Manila, Philippines |
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Political Prisoners temporarily lift hunger strike, launch countdown for the release of 32 political prisoners
07 April 2004 Political Prisoners who have been staging a hunger strike for the past days and a protest fast since March 29, announced today in a press conference through their relatives and the human rights group KARAPATAN, the Alliance for the Advancement of People�s Rights, the temporary lifting of their hunger strike and protest fast, and the launching of the Countdown to the release of the political prisoners from April 5 to May 5. |
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Political Prisoners� Kalbaryo continues with hunger strike
05 April 2004 The human rights group KARAPATAN, the Alliance for the Advancement of People�s Rights together with the families of political prisoners joins the multi-sectoral activity today to dramatize their call for the release of all political prisoners, who are simultaneously staging a hunger strike and support fast in various detention centers all over the country. |
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Press Releases on Political Prisoners Release an electoral campaign gimmick for GMA - KARAPATAN
02 April 2004 KARAPATAN the Alliance for the Advancement of People�s Rights today, slammed the GMA government for merely releasing press releases on its commitment to release political prisoners after it agreed to this action as a confidence-building measure during the previous round of peace negotiations in Oslo, Norway last February 9-14, 2004. |
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State terror at its worst under the GMA administration - KARAPATAN
13 March 2004 KARAPATAN joined families and supporters of Vice Mayor Juvy Magsino and Leyma Fortu in commemorating the first month death anniversary of their loved ones in a press conference in Quezon City today as it denounced the GMA government in its continuing drive of state terrorism. |
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The Undeclared Martial Law in Mindanao
04 March 2004 KARAPATAN, the Alliance for the Advancement of People's Rights commends the members of the Mindanao Truth Commission in its endeavor to delve into the depths where only the brave would dare go -to know the truth behind the Mindanao bombings. |
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GRP-NDFP Agreement on the Formation of the Joint Monitoring Committee: A Breakthrough for the Cause of Human Rights
15 February 2004 KARAPATAN, the Alliance for the Advancement of People's Rights congratulates today both panels for the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines for finally completing the formation of the Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) and achieving a breakthrough for the cause of human rights in the Philippines. |
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SELDA winning small battles towards achieving justice and indemnification
15 February 2004 SELDA, the Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at para sa Amnestiya called today the recent agreement between the panels of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the National Democratice Front of the Philippines on the indemnification of 10,000 victims of human rights violations during the Marcos regime a welcome development for them and the Filipino people. |
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204th Infantry Brigade in Mindoro Oriental must answer for the deaths of justice and peace workers - EMJP
14 February 2004 The Ecumenical Movement for Justice and Peace (EMJP) vigorously condemns the vicious twin murders of Justice and Peace activists, Naujan Vice Mayor Juvy Magsino and Leima Fortu, yesterday, February 13, 2004 at Amuguis, Naujan, Mindoro Oriental. |
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"Walk the Talk!"
12 February 2004 KARAPATAN, the Alliance for the Advancement of People's Rights welcomes the resumption of the formal Peace Talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). |
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Serious alterations in Senate Bill 1877 favor the Marcoses and the violators more than the ML victims
03 February 2004 Martial Law Human Rights Violations Victims led by SELDA or the Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at para sa Amnestiya are crying foul over the serious alterations on Senate Bill 1877, a bill that seeks to compensate victims of martial law. |
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Swift's maneuvers and misinformation are pathetic
January 27, 2004 It seems as if the obstacles are endless in the continuing search for justice and indemnification of the Marcos human rights violations victims. Now, lead counsel to the class action suit filed in the Federal District Court of Hawaii, Atty. Robert Swift, is peddling misinformation to the public in an apparent move to influence the Philippine legislative houses while the latter are in the process of enacting into law the bills compensating victims of martial law. |
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Marcos human rights violations victims vow to be vigilant
January 23, 2003 Martial Law human rights violations victims vowed that they would remain vigilant against those who have grand designs over the $683 Million Marcos loot. |
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Hunger strike to Freedom
January 22, 2003 The woman political prisoner was firm in her resolve that until the day comes that she is freed, she will not cease this protest action. Reports from KARAPATAN-Bukidnon state that members of sectoral organizations have been picketing in front of the Bukidnon Provincial Hospital since Tuesday at the start of Zeny's hunger strike, where she and her sick baby Gabriela have been detained for almost a year now. |
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Mindoro Island: Save this slowly dying paradise
January 21, 2003 KARAPATAN, the Alliance for the Advancement of People's Rights denounces in the strongest possible terms the recent invasion of military troops from the 22nd Reconnaissance Company Philippine Army (PA), 16th Infantry Battalion PA and 68th Infantry Battalion PA on the province of Mindoro Occidental, wrecking havoc on the lives of Mindore�os. |
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Mindoro Occidental: Wounded and Bleeding
January 21, 2003 Now, the whole island of Mindoro is bleeding. Mindoro Occidental is now quickly coming up to par with its other half Mindoro Oriental when it comes to military atrocities and human rights violations. |
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Promises were made to be broken at EDSA 2
January 20, 2003 At the break of dawn today, Zenaida Llesis, a woman political prisoner arrested in August 5, 2002 will start her hungerstrike at the Bukidnon Provincial Hospital where she and her baby daughter Gabriela have been incarcerated for almost a year now. Local courts have denied moves for her release on humanitarian grounds, denying her lawyers motion to dismiss the charges against her. |
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A MOTHER'S PLEA MUST BE HEARD
January 20, 2003 Once again, I plead for your humanitarian consideration for the welfare and interest of my baby, Gabriela who is with me since the time of my captivity up to now in my detention. |
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Mindoro Occidental, Philippines: A paradise or the next killing fields?
January 19, 2003 After the massive and destructive military deployment in Mindoro Oriental, Philippines that has resulted in grave human rights violations in the province - Albarillo twin murders, murder of Choy Napoles, Eden Marcellana and Eddie Gumanoy - now comes the intensified militarization of Mindoro Occidental, Philippines. |
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Please delegate your reporter to cover the press conference of Mumbai Resistance 2004 to be held on Sunday, January 18, 2004 at 4 pm at the Veterinary college grounds, Goregoan (east), Mumbai.
January 17, 2004 The inaugural session of MR held on Saturday resolved to carry forward a focused and consistent anti-imperialist struggle to free nations and masses from exploitation towards genuine democracy and independence in true sense. |
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Martial Law Rights Violations Victims pushes for opening of Trust Fund for Marcos' ill-gotten wealth
16 January, 2004 The Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at para sa Amnestiya (SELDA), the organization that initiated and won the class action suit against Marcos for human rights violations during martial law, welcomes the recent action of the Supreme Court ordering the Sandiganbayan to execute the transfer of the $683 Million Marcos ill-gotten wealth to the Philippine Government. |
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KATUNGOD-SB: Cease the red labeling of legal peasant organizations; Oppose unnecessary military presence in the countryside!
January 16, 2004 The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines-Davao City Chapter is deeply concerned about the recent incidents of attacks, harassment and intimidation against members of the press in several parts of Mindanao. We condemn these acts, which are an affront to press freedom, in the strongest terms. |
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NUJP condemns series of attacks, harassment vs. Mindanao journalists
Nov. 30, 2003 The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines-Davao City Chapter is deeply concerned about the recent incidents of attacks, harassment and intimidation against members of the press in several parts of Mindanao. We condemn these acts, which are an affront to press freedom, in the strongest terms. |
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THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE FOR EDEN MARCELLANA AND EDDIE GUMANOY CONTINUES!
Nov. 04, 2003 With Master Sgt. Donald Caigas, banking on an alibi that he was in his home in Navotas from April 9, 2003 until the latter part of that month, families and supporters of martyred human rights activist Eden Marcellana and peasant leader Eddie Gumanoy are hopeful that the Prosecutors would trash Caigas� alibi and give weight to the four Private Complainants-Witnesses� positive identification of Caigas, that indeed he led and orchestrated their abduction and the deaths of Marcellana and Gumanoy on April 21, 2003. |
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GMA continues the State-sponsored Disappearances in the name of War against Terrorism
Nov. 02, 2003 No, the Desaparecidos are not forgotten, their faces, laughter, smiles and militant perserverance in pursuing justice and peace for the Filipino people are remembered more than ever, today, November 2, 2003 by their families, relatives, friends and supporters. |
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UN RIGHTS BODY CHIDES RP GOV�T FOR CONTINUING VIOLATIONS
October 23, 2003 The Human Rights Committee of the United Nations (UNHRC), the treaty body overseeing compliance by State parties to the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and its Protocols, chided the Philippine government for its late and �rather laconic� report and �abstract responses� to its queries. It was also alarmed by the continuing violations of rights with impunity in the country. |
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On the 6th month of the death of Marcellana and Gumanoy KARAPATAN belies government's report on UNCHR
October 21, 2003 The government was caught telling a lie before the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations when it presented yesterday, October 20, the report on its compliance on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Geneva, Switzerland. |
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ISSUES RAISED BY KARAPATAN
(Alliance for the Advancement of People�s Rights) [Philippines]
during the NGO CONSULTATIONS-BRIEFING
of the HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTTEE OF THE UNITED NATIONS
at its 79TH meeting, 20 OCTOBER 2003, Geneva , Switzerland
October 20, 2003 KARAPATAN is alarmed by the continuous violations committed by the State security forces and agents under the Philippine government of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, especially considering that the present administration professes to be democratic. |
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ABDUCTION OF FOUR LEADERS AND MEMBERS OF YOUTH ORGANIZATION AND YOUTH PARTY LIST IN MACO, ANOTHER BLATANT ACT OF STATE
TERRORISM - Karapatan Southern Mindanao
September 22, 2003 We have just recently commemorated the 31st year anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law yet with the recent atrocities happening around, the dreadful condition during Martial Law years remains the same, if not worse. |
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Overseas Filipinos in Canada say crisis in Philippines not over; support call for President Arroyo to step down.
July 30, 2003 As reaction about the weekend failed military "putsch" in the Philippines reverberates around the world, we are compelled to speak up as overseas Filipinos in Canada against the Arroyo regime's desperate attempt to convince the Filipino people and the world that the crisis in the Philippines is resolved. |
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Martial Law Human Rights Violations Victims demand: Certify HB4535 and SB1877 as urgent! Justice and Indemnification now!
24 July 2003 They will not be deterred. Nothing will stop them. Not even their illness, crutches, wheelchairs or the bad weather as Martial Law human rights violations victims led by the Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at para sa Amnestiya or SELDA troop to Mendiola at 10:30 AM today to once again relive their struggles and fight for indemnification and justice. |
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SELDA ON GMA'S FALSE SENSE OF CHARITY AND ETTA'S LEGAL SOPHISTRY
July 24, 2003 The Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at para sa Amnestiya (SELDA) hails the historic decision of the Supreme Court on the ill-gotten wealth of the Marcoses as a monumental act of justice to all those who suffered during the long dark night of martial rule. |
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Humanitarian Mission Statement
July 2-4, 2003, Malaybalay, Bukidnon and Cagayan de Oro City The continuing armed conflicts throughout the Philippine archipelago have once again brought to the fore the vulnerability of women and children, who now rank among the political prisoners suffering in various detention centers in the country. |
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Human Rights Violations Under Arroyo Administration
As of 22 January 2001 - 15 May 2003 |
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Negotiations between the government and the National Democratic Front (NDF) representing the New People�s Army (NPA) and the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) remained suspended and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) began a new military operation against the NPA |
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KARAPATAN Members and Officers killed from June, 2001 � April, 2003
April 2003 |
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ANNEX "B"
The chain of events was prompted by a request from the Mayor of Gloria, Oriental Mindoro for the Karapatan-ST to investigate new alleged cases of human rights violations in the said municipality . April 2003 |
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Campaign Committee: Justice for Eden and Eddie
National Fact Finding Mission in Oriental Mindoro May 28, 2003 |
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KARAPATAN HOLDS 73RD IB, POLICE, GUILTY OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS; SCORES DEL ROSARIO'S DENIAL OF HAND IN THE YOUTH CAMP RAID
Reference: Sr. Mary Abel Lucero, ma May 28, 2003 |
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"Where is AFP's respect for human rights and International Humanitarian Law?"
Reference: Marie Hilao-Enriquez April 9, 2003 |
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KALINAW MINDANAO DENOUNCES ABDUCTIONS
DARES AUTHORITIES TO PRODUCE WARM BODIES
April 7, 2003 |
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Civil liberties may be the next victims of the Davao bombings Repeat of AFP�s �01 Basilan crackdown of civilians impending
Reference: Marie Hilao-Enriquez April 3, 2003 |
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KARAPATAN QUESTIONS POLICE NEGLECT OVER CHURCH LEADER'S KILLING IN STA. CRUZ
March 27, 2003 |
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DECLARE RICCIARDONE PERSONA NON GRATA RATHER THAN EXPEL THE IRAQI DIPLOMATS
Reference: Marie Hilao-Enriquez March 25, 2003 |
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On the International Conference on Anti-Terrorism and Tourism Recovery Tourism, for whom? Terrorism� from whom?
For reference: DANI BELTRAN 08 November 2002 |
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GMA's regime must be taken to task for politically-motivated disappearances
Reference: Marie Hilao-Enriquez 02 November 2002 |