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Kin of Victims of Killings, Disappearances Hit Aquino Gov’t for Inaction on Rights Cases

Kin of Victims of Killings, Disappearances Hit Aquino Gov’t for Inaction on Rights Cases

By RONALYN V. OLEA
“I had hoped that my father’s case would be the first and the last case of extrajudicial killing but the culture of impunity is still here. There has been no effort from the President to stop the killings. His inaction has allowed the killings to go on,” Ernan, son of Fernando Baldomero, first victim of extrajudicial killing under the Aquino government, said.

Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Mr. Aquino, Stop the Killings!

Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Mr. Aquino, Stop the Killings!

By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO
The cold-blooded assassination of Bayan Muna Aklan coordinator and Lezo town councilor Fernando Baldomero last Monday is forcing the hand of President Benigno Aquino to not only denounce extra-judicial killings (EJKs) and promise to go after their perpetrators but to deal with its obvious link with the government’s counterinsurgency program called Oplan Bantay Laya (OBL).

News in Pictures: Groups Challenge Noynoy: Killings Must Stop

News in Pictures: Groups Challenge Noynoy: Killings Must Stop


Progressive groups today marched to Chino Roces Bridge (formerly Mendiola Bridge) to demand justice for Fernando Baldomero, the first activist killed under the new Aquino administration. Baldomero, a Bayan Muna provincial coordinator of Aklan, was shot yesterday by motorcycle-riding men, in front of his house in Estancia, Kalibo, Aklan, while preparing to bring his son to school. He suffered three gunshot wounds in the head.

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