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"Longstanding impunity": CHR scorns delayed justice in 2009 Maguindanao massacre @ 2019-11-26T12: Back Hot News
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PHILIPPINE COURT TO ANNOUNCE VERDICT IN 2009 MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE CASE IN WHICH 58 PEOPLE WERE KILLED.
AMPATUAN, MAGUINDANAO - THE RELATIVES OF THE VICTIMS OF THE MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE VISITED ON SUNDAY THE SITE WHERE THE BODIES OF THEIR SLAIN LOVED ONES WERE FOUND ALMOST TEN YEARS AGO.
THE SUPREME COURT HAS EXTENDED THE DEADLINE FOR A RULING ON A DECADE-OLD CASE WHERE MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE WERE MASSACRED IN MAGUINDANAO PROVINCE, CHIEF JUSTICE DIOSDADO M. PERALTA SAID ON FRIDAY.
AS THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE DRAWS NEAR, NONOY ESPINA OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES LOOKS BACK AT THE SINGLE DEADLIEST ELECTION-RELATED VIOLENCE IN THE COUNTRY. ESPINA SAYS HE EXPECTS SUSPECTS TO BE CONVICTED SOON.
JUSTICE REMAINS ELUSIVE FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE 58 PEOPLE KILLED IN THE 2009 MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE. AS THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GRUESOME INCIDENT DRAWS NEAR, THIS REPORT LOOKS BACK AT WHAT IS CONSIDERED THE SINGLE DEADLIEST EVENT FOR JOURNALISTS IN HISTORY. - THE WORLD TONIGHT, ANC, NOVEMBER 21, 2019
HOUSE DEPUTY SPEAKER MICHAEL 「MIKEE」 ROMERO ON SATURDAY URGED JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES TO TURN DOWN ANY NEW REQUEST FOR ANOTHER EXTENSION ON THE RELEASE OF THE MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE VERDICT.
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – IT"S BEEN 10 YEARS SINCE THE MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE CLAIMED 58 LIVES, 32 OF WHICH WERE JOURNALISTS. (READ: "PRESS FREEDOM IS DEAD" IF AMPATUANS NOT CONVICTED FOR MASSACRE – LAWYER)
ALTHOUGH THE INFLUENCE OF THE MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE LOOMS LARGE IN THESE RANKINGS, IT IS HARDLY AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. THE PHILIPPINES HAS A HISTORY OF INTIMIDATION AND VIOLENCE AGAINST JOURNALISTS. IN THE YEARS SINCE THE MASSACRE, 38 OTHER JOURNALISTS HAVE BEEN KILLED, INCLUDING THREE IN 2019.
BASED ON COURT RECORDS, THE MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE CASE HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR DECISION AS OF AUGUST 22 THIS YEAR AND THE COURT HAS 90 DAYS OR UNTIL NOVEMBER 20 TO COME OUT WITH A VERDICT, JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE MASSACRE’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY ON NOVEMBER 23.
TAGS: AMPATUAN, COURT, CRIME, CULTURE OF IMPUNITY, DEMOCRACY, DRUG WAR, FREE SPEECH, FREEDOMS, JOURNALISTS, MAGUINDANAO, MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE, MANGUDADTU, MEDIA, MINDANAO, POLITICS, RIGHTS, SUIT, TRIAL
POLICE INVESTIGATORS LOOK FOR EVIDENCE ON A MANGLED VEHICLE UNEARTHED AT THE CRIME SCENE WHERE HUMAN REMAINS WERE DUG UP FROM A SHALLOW GRAVE AS INVESTIGATORS TRY TO FIND MORE BODIES, VICTIMS OF A MASSACRE AFTER GUNMEN SHOT AT LEAST 50 PEOPLE IN AMPATUAN TOWN, MAGUINDANAO PROVINCE ON NOVEMBER 25, 2009. ON OCTOBER 25, 209, A QUEZON CITY COURT DENIED THE BID OF DATU ANDAL 「UNSAY」 AMPATUAN JR. TO REOPEN TRIAL AND SUSPEND PROMULGATION OF JUDGMENT ON THE MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE CASE. UNSAY IS A PRIME SUSPECT IN THE GRUESOME CARNAGE THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF 58 PEOPLE, INCLUDING 32 JOURNALISTS ON NOVEMBER 23, 2009. FILE PHOTO BY TED ALJIBE / AFP

 

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