[asia-apec 1360] Not so sweet sixteen under US-Estrada regime (Erap's HR violations in first 16 months of presidency)

[tpl at cheerful.com]

From:  Karapatan (Alliance for the Advancement of People's Rights)
	EMJP (Ecumenical Movement for Justice & Peace)
	SELDA (Organization of Former Political Prisoners)
	Desaparecidos (Families and Friends of the Disappeared)


NOT SO SWEET SIXTEEN UNDER THE US-ESTRADA REGIME 
(Estrada's human rights record in his first 16 months as president)

538 documented cases of human rights violations (HRVs) or 8 HRVs per week

116 new political prisoners added to the remaining 68 of previous regimes
 82 arbitrary arrests (no warrants)
228 total arrests
  7 disappeared
 74 civilians killed by mitary, police and para-military units
    -  12 killed in strafing incidents
    -  23 'salvaged' or summarily executed
    -  39 massacred
    -  25 of the fatalities were children, the youngest at one year old

plus undocumented cases of HRVs against the Moro people, ethnic minorities
and others.

A nationally-coordinated rally will be held on December 10, 1999 to condemn
the human rights violations of the US-Estrada regime.