Widespread mass actions for human rights launched
Aside from activities held in Metro Manila, thousands of people joined mass actions launched in the country�s cities and provinces on December 10 to commemorate the 51st anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
In Davao, 5,000 people condemned the series of killings, illegal arrests and abductions perpetrated by the reactionary military and its intensified militarization of the countryside, under the direction of the fascist US-Estrada regime.
More than 3,000 gathered to oppose the state�s widespread violation of the people�s rights in General Santos City.
Around 2,000 people held a march-rally at the demolished public market of San Francisco, Agusan del Sur.
In Iloilo, 2,000 people demanded the release of Ruben Saluta who was illegally arrested and is still being detained by the Military Intelligence Group.
In Naga, 500 people denounced the Estrada regime�s bloody record of human rights violations.
In Cebu, 400 youth and activists confronted Dep. Dir. Gen. Panfilo Lacson when he visited the island, and demanded that he pay for the abuses he committed against Cebuanos in the late �80s.
Meanwhile, 200 workers of the National Power Corporation rallied in Iligan and Cagayan de Oro to dramatize their objection to the imminent privatization of the company.
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