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By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com Just last week, JL Burgos posted this on his Facebook account: “Yesterday, Edith Burgos, was followed by ‘unidentified’ men. Despite of my mom’s effort to lose the ‘unidentified’ men (and believe me she’s good at it), they would eventually end up where my mom is. A black van and at…

There is no existing law in the Philippines criminalizing enforced disappearances. While Republic Act No. 7438 guarantees the rights of persons arrested, detained or under custodial investigation, it does not punish perpetrators of enforced disappearances. Victims of enforced disappearances are denied the protection of the law. BY EMILY VITAL HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat Vol. VII,…