Extrajudicial Killings

Philippines: GMA’s various courts, commissions and instrumentalities to supposedly address extrajudicial killings are oriented to absolve Palparan

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News Release Tuesday , April 10, 2007

GMA’s various courts, commissions and instrumentalities to supposedly address extrajudicial killings are oriented to absolve Palparan

“Palparan’s every triumph is a tragedy for the Filipino people’s fight for justice and human rights. Sec. Gonzalez’ decision to absolve Palparan affirms the belief of many that the Macapagal-Arroyo administration is incapable of meting justice for the victims of the political and extra-judicial killings.”

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Philippines: Another Militant Threatened by Death Squad

News Release
April 7, 2007
References: Ka Willy Marbella, internal deputy secretary general, KMP and ANAKPAWIS party list nominee
Carl Anthony Ala, public information officer

After killing of 2 peasant leaders in Cagayan Valley: ?Another militant threatened by death squad?-KMP

The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the ANAKPAWIS party list group lambasted the escalating attacks against its leaders and members in Cagayan Valley the past week, where two of its leaders were abducted and were found dead the other day. Early today another militant was threatened by members of the death squad for participating in the fact-finding mission conducted by KMP and Karapatan.
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At UN Human Rights Council, Alston Blasts Arroyo, Military

Philip Alston, the UN’s special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings who visited the country in February to investigate the killings of political activists, said on Tuesday that he has little reason to be optimistic that the killings will stop.

He severely criticized the Philippine military, saying that there is a need for “fundamental change of heart on the part of the military or the emergence of civilian resolve to compel the military to change its ways. Then, and only then, will it be possible to make real progress in ending the killings.”

He likewise hinted that the military tried to manipulate him by relentlessly pushing the line that the killings were done by the New People’s Army. “I was provided a list of 1,227 names, dates, and places of individuals alleged to have been killed by the CPP or NPA. Despite numerous requests for any substantiating documentation of any of these cases, virtually none was provided. A list of unsubstantiated assertions is, needless to say, nearly useless,” Alston said.

The government, meanwhile, tried to save face by preempting Alston’s report to the UN Human Rights Council.

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Arroyo Regime’s Abuses Qualify as ‘Crimes Against Humanity’: Hague Tribunal


Verdict. Members of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal hearing the charges against Arroyo in The Hague, the Netherlands.(photo courtesy of arkibongbayan.org)

The Permanent Peoples’ Tribune, the same body that investigated and later denounced the atrocities of the Marcos dictatorship, has concluded that the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is responsible for the extrajudicial killings and human rights abuses in the Philippines. “The wealth and consistency of the oral and written documentation made available through witnesses and expert reports, has convinced the PPT that each and all of the three charges presented against Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her Government, and against George Walker Bush and his Government are substantiated,” the tribunal said in its verdict released today.

“The extension and the systematic nature of the violations of the rights of the Filipino people committed by the governments of Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and with the support and full awareness of the government of George Walker Bush, qualify the same violations as crimes against humanity,” it added.

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