News item : Political detainee goes on 12-day hunger
strike http://www.philstar.com/nation/2013/07/15/972561/political-detainee-goes-12-day-hunger-strike
According to Ramon Patriaca’s
statement “the government signed an
agreement with the NDF for the review and the release some of the political
detainees but failed to do so.”
Patriaca is one
of the detained National Democratic Front consultants has started an 12-day
hunger strike to protest alleged failure of the Aquino government to release
some of the political detainees in the country.
He said further that "No review of the court cases of political prisoners was ever
conducted. Instead, the illegal arrest, torture and detention of social
activists and suspected revolutionaries were intensified, such that the number
of political prisoners nationwide has almost doubled now to more than 400. Detained
NDF consultants were not released, and their ranks increased, as the Aquino
government pursues its counter-revolutionary Oplan Bayanihan with more
vigor,"
The peacetalks between the GPH and NDFP has been
stalled several times due to GPH continued lack of respects to agreements.
The Philippine government forces has been accused of severe human rights
violation by groups, inspite of AFP’s denials and statements to the contrary.
Read more: http://www.philstar.com/nation/2013/07/15/972561/political-detainee-goes-12-day-hunger-strike
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