The International Day of the Disappeared on Aug. 30 was marked in the Philippines with a ringing of the bells to honor those taken by the regime — a warning to the government that the families left behind by these desaparecidos “are watching” to make sure that, soon, “we will get the justice we deserve.”

Hundreds of relatives, friends and colleagues of these desaparecidos gathered in front of the Bustillos Church in Sampaloc on Sunday to commemorate the occasion.

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