Human rights organizations and the families of the illegally
arrested health workers denounce the Arroyo regime's continued detention
and torture of the Morong 43.
Click to play 5:53 minutes (5.4 MB)Hundreds of relatives and supporters condemn the illegal arrest,
detention and torture of the Morong 43 by the immoral Arroyo regime.
Morong 43 detainee Valentino Paulino's mother, Adoracion, denied that her son is a New People's Army member. She said that her son was tortured, which led to his confession as a member of the rebel group.
On February 02, 2010, Gregan Velez Cardeño, 33 years old, a resident of Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay died while performing his duty as Interpreter of the U.S Forces under BALIKATAN of the Joint Special Operations Task Force of the Philippines (JSOTFP), under the Visi read more »
Journalists, lawyers, human rights advocates and various people's
organizations commemorate the hundredth day of the Ampatuan massacre in a
symbolic program at the Tomas Morato monument in Quezon City.
4 mins | YouTube | 2010 | English/Filipino | Kodao
Last February 25, 2010, Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chairperson Atty. Leila De Lima personally received the complaint filed by the lawyers and relatives of the 43 illegally detained health workers against the 2nd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army.
The Alliance of Health Workers condemned the illegal detention of
two fellow health workers included in the 43 illegally arrested and
detained last February 6 by the 2nd Infantry Division of the Philippine
Army and the Philippine National Police in Morong, Rizal. read more »
The 2nd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army was forced to present
the 43 illegally arrested community health workers at the Court of
Appeals in Manila last February 15.
The victims were bussed from
Camp Capinpin, Rizal Province and were presented to the court, each
handcuffed to a soldier and heavily guarded and escorted by platoons in
full battle gear.