Blood in her hands

POOLED EDITORIAL
The perpetrators obviously thought that they could get away with their atrocity. The only possible explanation for such impunity is that these people were confident somebody higher up would protect them. We hold the regime of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo accountable for what happened in Ampatuan. It was her regime that had benefited from the reign of terror in Maguindanao. It was her regime that had encouraged and nurtured the violence that led to the massacre.

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The structure of reactionary violence and human-rights violations in the Philippines

By Prof. Jose Maria Sison Chairperson International League of Peoples’ Struggle The International Coordinating Committee and all member-organizations of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) condemn with all their…

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