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Philippines: Abduction and disappearance of 5 persons

UA-156-2007: PHILIPPINES: Forcible abduction and disappearance of five persons including a mother of two-month-old twin

PHILIPPINES: Forcible abduction and enforced disappearance; delays in
conduct of investigation; violence against women
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Dear friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you
the cases regarding the forcible abduction and subsequent
disappearance of five more persons, including a mother of
two-month-old twins, in separate incidents in March and April 2007.
The whereabouts of the victims, namely Josephine Nogoy (32) of
Tarlac, Alan Bumanglag of Cagayan, Jonas Joseph Burgos and his
companion Melissa Reyes and another person (name unknown) of Quezon
City, all in Luzon areas, have remained unknown. All of the victims
were either members or have been closely involved in helping peasant
groups prior to their abduction.
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Philippines: On Hello Garci 3rd anniv, TXTPower relaunches site, endorses Kabataan, warns vs fraud

MANILA — Consumer advocacy and mobile activist organization TXTPower today
openly endorsed Kabataan Partylist even as it warned against a repeat
of the Hello Garci scandal in Monday’s elections.
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Philippines: Activists scientists group Agham will vote Bayan Muna for party list

MANILA — Since our inception on July 24, 1999, AGHAM has obtained the recognition as the science and technology organization most vocal and active on issues concerning the environment, public utilities, food security & self-sufficiency, scientific & mass culture and advocacy for national industrialization. We are glad that in more than one occasion, our work and position on issues has made front-page news.
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Philippines: Bayan condemns slay attempt on Orly Marcellana

MANILA, Philippines — The husband of slain human rights worker Eden Marcellana almost found himself in the same situation as his wife when bonnet clad men armed with rifles attempted to kill him in Cabuyao, Laguna.

Marcellana is the 8th nominee of partylist group Anakpawis and is also the concurrent secretary general of KASAMA-TK, a militant farmers organization.
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Hungary: Justice denied to victims of rape in the home

“… The difference between rape in films and marital rape is that we cannot scream, as our child might wake up in the other room. Or our child is right there next to us, her or his face distorted with terror. And another difference is that the person who does this to us is someone we used to love, someone we once trusted more than anyone else. And there is another difference, too: that others say that we invented the whole thing…”
A victim of rape in the home
“…At least 85 per cent of them are whores. They wanted to have sex, but then do not manage to come to an agreement. They are prostitutes, overtly or secretly…”
A police officer and advisor on rape issues

Two thirds of sexual crimes in Hungary are committed by people known to the victim, yet few of the perpetrators are tried for their crimes, Amnesty International said today.
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