HK groups slam culture of impunity under Noy
11/06/2011More civil rights groups are taking notice of the culture of impunity under the Aquino administration with human rights organizations holding a picket in front of Philippine Consulate General yesterday to protest the murder of Fr. Fausto Tentorio, PIME and the rising cases of extra judicial killings in the country.
The Hong Kong (HK) Committee for the Advancement of Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines (HKCAHRPP) and Promotion of Church People’s Response (PCPR) HK chapter have expressed alarm over the increasing number of human rights advocates being killed in the country.
Expressing their solidarity with their compatriots, the HK groups slammed the culture of impunity that victimized those who take the cause of the marginalized, like Fr. Tentorio..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20111106hed2.html
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ewan ko ba sa inyo. hindi n'yo kasi makitang si "pangulong" a_noy y hocus pcos ang secret candidate na niluklok ni arrobo at kalbong agila.
"HKCAHRPP spokesperson Bruce Van Voorhis decried that the Aquino government has not stemmed the culture of impunity that was so rampant in the previous administration.
"“The body count is again on the rise. While the more than 1,000 cases of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearance[s] under the GMA (Arroyo) government still await justice, the Aquino government seems more intent in adding more atrocities and human rights violations instead of delivering justice and ending the culture of impunity in the country,” he remarked."
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