Davao City ? Bayan Muna mourns over the death of Bayan Muna-Bohol secretary general Mario Auxillo saying ?the latest victim of political killing under the Arroyo regime bares the unabated operation of Oplan Bantay Laya and the president?s lip service in dealing with the matters of human rights violations.?
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Groups in Australia have joined in protest against the continuing killings of unarmed civilians in the Philippines through a postcard campaign featuring peace and justice advocate Bishop Alberto Ramento of the Philippine Independent Church killed by alleged Philippine military elements in Oct. 2006 in his convent in Tarlac.
This follows the recent military abduction and torture of pastor Berlin Guerrero (48) in Laguna of the Uniting Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP), forcibly taken from his wife and 3 children by soldiers in 2 vans.
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MANILA — The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today assailed the Armed Forces of the Philippines for ?manufacturing popular clamor for the return of troop deployment in Metro Manila.?
The statement came in the wake of announcements by the Armed Forces of the Philippines that 19 baranggay chairmen allegedly want the troops back in their communities. The AFP revealed an alleged petition from community leaders asking that troops be brought back for peace and order.
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MANILA — Senate Minority Leader Aquilino ?Nene? Q. Pimentel,
Jr. (PDP-Laban) today urged the Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP) to scrap its plan to redeploy
soldiers to depressed barangays in Metro Manila now
that the mid-term elections are over.
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