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Human Rights Now Japan Ends Probe in Philippines

HRN Fact finding team in Philippine April 2007

1 Human Rights Now, Tokyo Based international human rights NGO has conducted the investigation on extrajudicial killing and enforced disappearance in the Philippines on 14-21 April, 2007. As Asian friend, Japanese civil society is very concerned the fact that substantial numbers of Filipino people have targeted of extrajudicial killing and enforced disappearance. Human Rights Now shares this very concern and decides to send fact finding mission to the Philippines.
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Philippines: Fake partylists should back out now ? Rep. Maza

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MANILA — In the wake of a leaked Palace memo detailing a hatchet job on progressive
partylists and putting up pro-administration partylists to dominate
Congress, Gabriela Women?s Partylist Representative Liza Largoza Maza today
strongly urged the dissolution of Agbiag Timpuyog Ilocano, Babae Ka, Kalahi
and LYPAD as bogus partylists since their officers and nominees are
government officials.
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Dead and polluted waterways, inadequate water systems make heat in Philippines unbearable

MANILA — Dead rivers full of debris and poisonous industrial waste, faulty and inadequate sewers, and lack of cheap potable water systems are making the extreme heats spells hitting Metro Manila even more unbearable for ordinary Filipinos, an environmental activist group said today.
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Philippines: After Honasan, Ka Bel should be freed next — Satur

MANILA — Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo today challenged Justice Sec. Raul
Gonzalez not to oppose any new motion to grant temporary release on
bail for detained Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran in the wake offormer
Sen. Gringo Honasan’s release yesterday.

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