More than 300 delegates to the 28th World Congress of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in Dublin, Ireland, have called on President Aquino to “take steps to expedite the trial” of those accused in the Maguindanao massacre.
Saying the Philippines was a “torture risk state,” an official of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has criticized the Hong Kong Immigration Department for its decision denying the claim for protection of Myrna Reblando, widow of slain Manila Bulletin correspondent Bong Reblando, one of the victims in the Maguindanao massacre.
Hong Kong’s Immigration Department has rejected a bid for protection made by Myrna Reblando, widow of one of the journalists slain in the Maguindanao massacre, saying it did not believe she would be tortured should she return to the Philippines.
An international human rights watchdog said it would monitor the new “superbody” President Benigno Aquino III has created to investigate and monitor high-profile rights abuse cases “to see whether it results in prompt and serious action against abusers or is just more government smoke and mirrors.”
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British Ambassador to the Philippines Stephen Lillie on Thursday said that the United Kingdom (UK) remained united with the Filipino people in honoring the memories of those who died in the Maguindanao massacre, stressing that perpetrators of the heinous crime should be brought to justice.
The head of the United Nations General Assembly has called for greater protection for journalists after members of families of media workers killed in the 2009 Maguindanao Massacre sought the help of the international body over the weekend.
Another relative of one of the 32 media workers slain in the Maguindanao massacre has left the country.
The widow of a journalist who was among the 57 people killed in the grisly 2009 Maguindanao massacre has fled to Hong Kong, saying the Philippine government had failed to provide her protection.
Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines Christopher Thornley urged the Philippine government on Wednesday to ensure that the prosecution of those responsible for the 2009 Maguindanao massacre is “completed in a timely and credible manner.”
US Ambassador to the Philippines Harry Thomas Jr. called anew Wednesday for the early resolution of the Maguindanao massacre, which a 2009 US embassy cable released by online whistle-blower WikiLeaks said “stands out in barbarism.”
The Center for International Law (CIL), a nonstock, nonprofit entity, represented by the law firm of Roque and Butuyan, counsel for the families of the media victims of the Maguindanao massacre, has received a $1,000 donation from the Philippine American Press Club USA (PAPC).
