Court finds Andal Ampatuan et al. guilty
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) welcomed the decision as initial victory in the long quest for justice.
AMPATUAN MASSACRE
The Ampatuan Massacre, often referred to as Maguindanao Massacre by the corporate media, is the single deadliest event for journalists in recent history and the worst election-related violence. On November 23, 2009, armed men killed 58 individuals upon the order of the powerful Ampatuan clan. Thirty-two were journalists and media workers.
Bulatlat chronicled the families’ fight for justice until a partial victory was achieved on December 19, 2019. Scores of other suspects remain at large, and the factors that led to the gruesome tragedy remain.
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The Ampatuans, the Military and Elections in Maguindanao: The Ties That Bind
The Ampatuans, the Military and Elections in Maguindanao: The Ties That Bind
By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO The Ampatuans' rise to the peak of political power was in no small part due to their ties with the military. In a most ironic twist, the military proposed the extension of martial law in Maguindanao until the 2010 elections purportedly to teach the Ampatuans “how to run peaceful and credible elections.”
Ampatuan Massacre Raises Level of Barbarity in Philippine Politics
Ampatuan Massacre Raises Level of Barbarity in Philippine Politics
By BENJIE OLIVEROS
The impunity in recent political killings in the Philippines could have emboldened the Ampatuan clan to commit the massacre. If the perpetrators of more than a thousand extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances of political activists could walk scot-free, perhaps, they thought, they could get away with killing less than a hundred people.
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