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Rally dispersal assailed
National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) negotiating panel chair Ka Luis Jalandoni strongly condemned the brutal dispersal of a rally held July 13 calling for the immediate repatriation of Filipino soldiers from Iraq. Jalandoni said the integrity and sincerity of the Arroyo government to continue the peace negotiations have been put to doubt because of the anti-riot police�s outright violation of the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL). He said that the police violated Article 2, No. 12 of the CARHRIHL which guarantees the freedom of expression, association and assembly.
Jalandoni also assailed the Arroyo regime for putting the lives of millions of OCWs in danger with its lap-dog support for the US� illegal occupation of Iraq and by sending Filipino troops and workers there.
Elements of the Western Police District truncheoned and arrested a number of officers and members of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) and other progressive organizations during the brutal dispersal in Plaza Miranda. BAYAN vice chair and PlunderWatch chair Dr. Carol Pagaduan Araullo sustained serious head wounds. Among the five who were arrested and detained was BAYAN spokesperson Renato Reyes.
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 21 July 2004
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