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Recent cases of human rights violations
under the Macapagal-Arroyo Regime
More cases of human rights violations since January 2004
* The following may point to sources accessible through the internet but external to the Philippine Revolution Web Central.
May 05, 2005. Arrest of at least six civilians, including an urban poor leader and local baranggay officials of Barangay Quinalin, Calauag, Quezon, by Philippine Army troops in Gumaca, Quezon.
May 04, 2005. Murder of dxAA-FM Dipolog radio broadcaster Klein Cantoneros in Zamboanga del Norte by motorcycle-riding gunmen.
April 28, 2005. Shooting of DZXE radio commentator Nestor Seguismundo near his home at Bantay, Ilocos Sur.
April 25, 2005. Arrest of Ramil Auren of Sitio Villaminda, Barangay Sto Ni�o-Ilaya, Lopez, Quezon and Poling Evangelista and Ruel de San Luis of Sitio Baliswang, San Francisco B, Lopez, Quezon by Philippine Army elements.
April 25, 2005. Murder of former Bicol Coconut Planters Association, Inc. chairperson Delio "Ka Yoyoy" Apolinar in Pamplona, Camarines Sur.
April 24, 2005. Illegal arrest and detention of 12 farmers in Sitio Sulucan, Barangay Balaong, San Miguel, Bulacan by First Scout Ranger Regiment troops; with one detainee missing to date.
April 16, 2005. Beginning of several aerial bombing sessions against Barangay Catarman, Calbayog City and Pambujan in Northern Samar by Philippine Air Force choppers.
April 15, 2005. Murder of Alfredo Davis, Bayan Muna supporter, and wounding of his wife, after being shot at several times by armed men on motorcycle in Barangay San Vicente, Mahaplag, Leyte.
April 13, 2005. Murder of Edwin Bagramento, Regional Executive Committee member and district organizer of the National Federation of Sugar Workers, by members of the Revolutionary Proletarian Army - Alex Boncayao Brigade at Hacienda Ginhulayan, Barangay Tortosa, Manapla town.
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April 09, 2005. Murder of Eastern Samar Bayan Muna provincial coordinator Boy Ambidia by unidentified gunmen in Borongan, Eastern Samar as the victim drove his tricycle Saturday noon.
April 07, 2005. Violent dispersal, beating and mauling of clergymen and other activists peacefully gathered in Malate Church to denounce the recent nationwide string of killings and disappearances of political activists.
April 05, 2005. The barangay hall in Barangay Sulipa, Gerona, Tarlac, which was 50 meters away from the IFI parish, was turned into a military detachmentby 69th IB troops who claimed they had a mission and would stay for five months. Since that time, IFI deacons have been experiencing several cases of harrassment..
April 06, 2005. Bombing of a Bayan Muna office in Barangay Kawayan, Catarman, Northern Samar, wounding an activist.
April 01, 2005. The house of a villager in Buanao, Abra, was surrounded by 21 soldiers who cocked their firearms in an act of taking the entire community under siege.
April 01, 2005. Assasination attempt on Fr. Mario Quince, parish priest of Barangay Balaon, Paniqui, Tarlac.
April 00, 2005. Attempted murder on Charles Juloya, lawyer and Bayan Muna member, on his way to San Fernando, La Union.
April 00, 2005. Incrimination of church and other sectoral and people's associations and organizations as "fronts of the CPP" in a presentation entitled "Know The Enemy: Are we missing the point?", thus justifying the targetting of the members of these groups in the 'war against terror".
March 29, 2005. Incriminating streamers signed by progressive party list groups and democratic mass organizations greeting the NPA on its 36th anniversary were hanged in strategic places in Negros cities and towns. In relation to this, a string of human rights violations perpetrated by Philippine Army troopers have been hounding the people of Negros since late last year to date..
March 26, 2005. Five farmers were forcibly brought from Lacub town to Camp Villamor in Bangued for interrogation by 41st IB soldiers..
March 24, 2005. Murder of Marlene Garcia Esperat, Midland Review writer, in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat
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March 23, 2005. Three farmers were wounded and indiscriminately fired at by 41st IB troops led by 2nd Lt. Juju Tovillo, and were later forced to sign documents saying that they were not wounded in the incident.
March 22, 2005. http://www.bulatlat.net/news/5-11/5-11-defending.htm
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March 22, 2005. Intensification of military operations in Abra, sowing fear among residents in areas targetted for mining exploration.
March 09, 2005. Attempt on the life of Atty. Romeo Capulong, chief consultant of the Hacienda Luisita strikers, chief counsel of the National Democratic Front and judge in a special United Nations court..
March 17, 2005. Murder of Aguman de reng Maglalautang Capampangan secretary-general and Anakpawis political party coordinator Ben Concepcion in Angeles City.
March 16, 2005. Shooting of Anakpawis party organizer Joel Reyes in Jose Panganiban town, Quezon, by 902nd Ibde and 31st IB Philippine Army soldiers
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March 15, 2005. Use of excessive violence against more than 100 innocent Bagong Diwa detainees by policemen who conducted an assault against a handful of alleged Abu Sayyaf members that led to the Bicutan bloodbath.
March 14, 2005. Murder of partylist Anakpawis member Marvin Montabo and the burning of their home in Samar by armed men.
March 14, 2005. Murder of Bayan Muna coordinator for Eastern Visayas Atty. Felidito Dacut in Tacloban City.
March 13, 2005. Murder of Fr. William Tadena, supporter of the Hacienda Luisita strike and tagged by the military as an NPA member, and wounding of two others.
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