PRESS STATEMENT 15 August 2011 GPH in a state of denial of the raging civil war and the existence of two governments in the country – NDFP SURIGAO DEL SUR — When the government of the Republic of the Philippines (GPH) brands as “criminal” the humanitarian act of the New People’s Army, according the prisoner…
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Lawyers’ Group Demands Automatic Relief of Top AFP, PNP Officials in Areas with Extrajudicial Killings
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat A lawyers’ group has demanded the automatic relief of the highest-ranking military and police officers in areas where extrajudicial killings take place. The National Union of People’s Lawyers made this call on the heels of the abduction, torture and killing of schoolteacher Rebelyn Pitao, 20, last week. Pitao, daughter of…