Philippines: Esperon Should Order AFP Command in Panay to Surface Abducted Activists

Anakpawis Party-List
From the Office of Rep. Crispin Beltran
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News Release Friday, April 13, 2007

AFP chief of staff Esperon should order AFP command in Panay to surface and release abducted activists

Anakpawis Representative and political detainee Crispin Beltran today demanded that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) local command in Panay island immediately surface and release alive and unharmed the leaders of Anakpawis Party-list they abducted yesterday. He challenged AFP chief of staff Hermogenes Esperon to surrender the officials and commanders of the AFP command in Panay and have them take account for the shooting and abduction of the activists.

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Mother Loses 4th — and Last — Son to Davao Death Squad


Fernando’s Dead. Fernando Alia, the last remaining son of Bankerohan vegetable vendor Clarita Alia, was stabbed dead this morning, the fourth of the Alia children to have died in the hands of the so-called Davao Death Squath. (davaotoday.com file photo)

Clarita Alia, a vegetable vendor in Bankerohan, Davao City, frantically called members of the Davao media this morning to report that her son, Fernando, 15, was stabbed dead at around 3 in the morning today, Friday. Before this, she already lost three other sons to the so-called Davao Death Squad. Fernando was her last remaining son.

Check out these previous Davao Today stories on Clarita Alia and her family:
Last Son Alive | A Mother?s Plea, a City?s Madness | Rody’s War | Teenagers Perish in Davao’s Killing Fields

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Philippines: Bayan slams Panay ambush and abduction, say no end in sight for activist killings

News Release
April 13, 2007

Bayan slams Panay ambush and abduction, say no end in sight for activist killings

The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today condemned in the strongest terms the ambush and abduction of three activists in Panay island in the Visayas.

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Philippines: Political Violence Continues; Three Activists Leaders Ambushed in Iloilo

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April 13, 2007

Political violence continues: Three activists leaders ambushed in Iloilo

Bayan Muna Rep. Satur C. Ocampo strongly condemned the ambush on three
Iloilo activists at 9:30 pm yesterday (April 12) that left one of them
seriously injured and two others missing.

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