Protesters in Sorsogon, in indignation rally over the killing of human rights journalist Teodoro “Todoy” Escanilla, pile up mock coffins of victims of extra-judicial killings infront of police provincial headquarters to dramatize police failure in solving the killings and arrest of the killers. The protesters lambast at the Aquino administration for the worsening poverty and economic woes in the country. BICOLTODAY.COM PHOTO - See more at: http://bicoltoday.com/2015/08/28/more-human-rights-killings-worry-hr-watchers/#sthash.h0XXE3nV.dpuf
No end in sight on spate of human rights abuses and killings, the body counts will continue to pile up.
Human rights watchers are worrying that more state-sanctioned killings of dissenters will add more to the body count as the State pounds hard on the armed rebellion in the countryside.
This serious concern was expressed by Marie Hilao-Enriquez, who has pioneered the human rights movement for 30 years in the country.
Hilao-Enriquez attended Wednesday the burial of assassinated human rights journalist Teodoro “Ka Tudoy” Escanilla in Barcelona, Sorsogon.
International human rights watchers are closely monitoring the Philippine human rights environment as the Aquino administration has failed to place the military under strict discipline and control to observed respect for human rights and dissent.
Hundreds of supporters, family friends pay last respect to slain human rights journalist Teodoro ‘Ka Tudoy’ Escanilla during funeral rites in Barcelona, Sorsogon. BICOLTODAY.COM PHOTO
The US government has also expressed concern over human rights abuses that it has sworn to cut down US military assistance aid credits if the Philippines fails to curb human rights abuses.
Oplan Bayanihan, Aquino’s counter-insurgency program, has used US-supplied war material and equipment in attempt to destroy local communist insurgency and Muslim armed separatist groups.
The US has doled out war materiel which are surplus second-hand inventories as form of US military assistance under joint US-Phil war exercise Oplan Bayanihan.
As of 2015, more body counts of civilians getting killed arising from military operations are being reported.
The State Judiciary system has turned a blind eye in arresting and prosecuting the perpetrators belonging to State security forces.
“Human rights abuses will never stop and more will add to the body count,” a right watcher said. “A united citizenry, in common stand, can fight off these military abuses,” the HR group said.
Hundreds of supporters, family friends pay last respect to slain human rights journalist Teodoro ‘Ka Tudoy’ Escanilla during funeral rites in Barcelona, Sorsogon. BICOLTODAY.COM PHOTO
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This is part of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) anti-government/military human rights propaganda effort. Marie Hilao-Enriquez is the chairperson of KARAPATAN, the main CPP-affiliated human rights umbrella front organization.
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