Kin of extrajudicial killing victims in Bicol losing hope

By Jaymee T. Gamil
PDI Southern Luzon Bureau

LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines — Bereaved families of victims of extrajudicial killings in the Bicol region have lost hope in attaining justice through government intervention, even as the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported an 83-percent drop in activist slays for the past year.

Filipinos in Japan Protest Against Continued Political Killings, Call for GMA’s Ouster

Filipinos joined by Burmese and Japanese human rights groups gathered in Nagoya and Tokyo on December 8 and 9 to protest against extra judicial killings, enforced disappearances and other violations of human rights in the Philippines which is � one of the serious crimes committed by the Arroyo regime against the Filipino people and against humanity�, says Migrante � Japan, one of the lead organizers of the protest.

2007 Human Rights Report: Only GMA ouster can improve human rights situation

The human rights watchdog KARAPATAN today renewed calls for the ouster of Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in order to improve the human rights and overall situation in the country.

“The civil, political, economic and social rights of every Filipino are being violated by this dangerous, fascist regime. Arroyo’s continued implementation of her counterinsurgency program Oplan Bantay Laya II, the Anti-Terror Law and other draconian measures show her blatant disregard for the growing criticism of her regime’s human rights record,” said Marie Hilao-Enriquez, secretary general of the Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights (KARAPATAN).

Armed Forces of the Philippines behind exta-judicial killings says UN - Inquirer report

Alston report: AFP behind killings
Report rejects RP claim of Red purge
InquirerLast updated 09:13am (Mla time) 11/28/2007

MANILA, Philippines–“STRIKINGLY UNCONVINCING” IS HOW A United Nations special rapporteur has dismissed the claim of Philippine authorities that the extrajudicial killings of leftist activists were a result of internal purges in the communist ranks.

Philip Alston, an Australian academic assigned by the UN Human Rights Council to look into the executions that have drawn international outrage, said in his final report released on Monday that the Armed Forces of the Philippines had killed leftist activists as part of a campaign against communist insurgents.