To date, the Ampatuan massacre is still the worst political killing in the country with the most number of journalists/media practitioners killed in a single event. By JENNY S. DE VENECIA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Justice has been elusive for the families of the victims of the Maguindanao massacre and as the media marked the sixth…
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Slideshow: In Bulatlat Forum, a Call to End Impunity in the Philippines
Government Denies Culture of Impunity in its UN Human Rights Report
BY ATTY. CARLOS ISAGANI ZARATE Secretary General Union of People’s Lawyers in Mindanao DEM0OCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 11, April 20-26, 2008 Self-serving and illusory is how we see the government’s report to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). It suppresses the real picture of the culture of impunity happening in…