[asia-apec 1362] Not so sweet sixteen under US-Estrada regime (Erap's HR violations in first 16 months of presidency)
tpl at cheerful.com
tpl at cheerful.com
Sun Dec 5 07:56:21 JST 1999
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.
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