http://davaotoday.com/2006/12/03/2006-worst-year-for-human-rights-in-davao-regions/ News, reports, commentary, blogs -- Davao City, the Philippines Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:50:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://davaotoday.com/2006/12/03/2006-worst-year-for-human-rights-in-davao-regions/comment-page-1/#comment-39938 Promdi — Philippine politics, current affairs, society and culture » State terrorism Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:26:54 +0000 http://davaotoday.com/2006/12/03/2006-worst-year-for-human-rights-in-davao-regions/#comment-39938 [...] A column today by Amando Doronila amused and upset me at the same time. It’s mainly because of his use of the phrase “state terrorism” to describe what happened at the Iloilo capitol last week. Activists, whose ranks are being decimated by this regime, have been crying against state terrorism for the longest time but our commentators, perhaps because they’re afraid that they would be labeled “leftist sympathizers,” have always avoided using “state terrorism” to describe the series of killings, the militarization, the harassment, the atrocities and abuses by state security forces, particularly in the provinces. [...] [...] A column today by Amando Doronila amused and upset me at the same time. It’s mainly because of his use of the phrase “state terrorism” to describe what happened at the Iloilo capitol last week. Activists, whose ranks are being decimated by this regime, have been crying against state terrorism for the longest time but our commentators, perhaps because they’re afraid that they would be labeled “leftist sympathizers,” have always avoided using “state terrorism” to describe the series of killings, the militarization, the harassment, the atrocities and abuses by state security forces, particularly in the provinces. [...]

]]> http://davaotoday.com/2006/12/03/2006-worst-year-for-human-rights-in-davao-regions/comment-page-1/#comment-13903 » Promdi -- On Philippine politics, current affairs, society and culture Mon, 04 Dec 2006 04:51:46 +0000 http://davaotoday.com/2006/12/03/2006-worst-year-for-human-rights-in-davao-regions/#comment-13903 [...] Take this story by Reuters, which has been published in major papers around the world, including The Washington Post. The story pretty much outlines why all that “caring and sharing” is all rhetoric. One reason, as the article pointed out, is the worsening human-rights situation in the Philippines, particularly in the provinces. [...] [...] Take this story by Reuters, which has been published in major papers around the world, including The Washington Post. The story pretty much outlines why all that “caring and sharing” is all rhetoric. One reason, as the article pointed out, is the worsening human-rights situation in the Philippines, particularly in the provinces. [...]

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