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Scared Silent
Impunity for Extrajudicial Killings in the Philippines
I. Summary
II. Methods
III. Recent Military Relations with
Government and Civil Society
Military
involvement in politics
Military
campaign against the New People's Army
The military
and leftist political and civil society groups
Recent Developments
Task Force
Usig..
Melo
Commission..
Visit by the
Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions
IV. Extrajudicial Executions
Extrajudicial
executions
Pastor Isias
de Leon Santa Rosa..
Ricardo Ramos
Attempted
Killing of "Nestor Gonzalez"
Pastor Jemias
Tinambacan..
Pastor Andy
Pawikan..
"Gloria
Fabicon"
"Disappearance"
of two women..
"Manuel
Balani"
Danilo
Hagosojos
Armando
Javier
Attempted
Killing of Roderick Abalde..
Sotero Llamas
League of
Filipino Students (LFS) in Bicol
Ongoing
impunity for military personnel
V. Failures to Investigate and Prosecute..
Lack of
Successful Prosecutions
State
responsibility and command responsibility
"Solved"
cases unsolved..
Poor policing..
Harassment of
families and acquaintances following killings
Witnesses and
victims' families' fears of retribution..
Impediments
to investigating military involvement in political killings
Identification
of NPA as perpetrators
Police
identification of unlikely perpetrators
Threats and
Harassment of human rights lawyers
Harassment of
international human rights workers
VI. Recommendations
To the
President:
To the Armed
Forces of the Philippines:
To the
Philippines National Police:
To the
Judiciary:
To the
CPP-NPA-NDF:
To the United
States:
VII. Acknowledgments
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