On All Saints Day, activists call for justice for slain colleagues
By RITCHE T. SALGADO
Bulatlat.com
DUMAGUETE CITY – Justice for slain colleagues and to all victims of human rights abuses.
This was the call of progressive groups in Dumaguete City as they gathered on the morning of All Saints Day, November 1, at the site where farmer activist Fermin Lorico was slain two years ago by an assassin.
“This is a reminder to the Aquino administration to give justice for the death of Nong Fermin and to all victims of extrajudicial killings),” Fabian Magallanes of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan-Negros) said.
Lorico, then chairman of local peasant group Kahugpungan Alang sa Ugma sa Gagmay’ng Mag-Uuma sa Oriental Negros (Kaugmaon), was shot at close range by a man riding on a motorcycle sometime in June 2009..... MORE
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2 comments:
talagang trained to kill fellow filipinos who won't succumb to the system, kahit peacefully. parang panahon pa rin ng tuta ng imperyalista na philippine scouts.
"Jose Luis Blanco of Karapatan-Negros revealed that despite the formation of Task Force Lorico months after the killing, there is still no progress on the case. He said that the formation of the task force was but a token act designed to make the police appear that they are doing something on the case. In reality, though, they have not done anything, Blanco said.
"Blanco revealed that instead of the police investigating the case, the burden of coming up with a witness and evidence have instead been placed on their organization."
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