Thursday, December 10, 2009

Kidapawan Journalists, Students Join Calls To End Impunity; Justice For Maguidnanao Massacre Victims


Various media groups and journalism students in the southern Philippine city of Kidapawan joined the calls for an end to impunity and justice for 57 victims of massacre in Maguindanao province.



KIDAPAWAN CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / December 10, 2009) – Various media groups and journalism students in the southern Philippine city of Kidapawan joined calls for an end to impunity and justice for 57 victims of massacre in Maguindanao province.

Members of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas and the National Uniion of Journalists in the Philippines also led a candle-lighting ceremony in a tribute to at least journalists who were among those brutally killed on November 23.
Local and international media organizations have been urging to put an to impunity.

The mayor of Datu Unsay town, Andal Ampatuan Jnr, scion of a powerful political clan in Maguindanao, was arrested three days after the massacre and charged with multiple counts of murder.

Authorities also implicated in the killings other members of the clan, including the mayor’s father, Andal Snr, the governor of Maguindanao; and brothers Zaldy Ampatuan, the governor of the Muslim autonomous region; Anwar Ampatuan, the mayor of Shariff Aguak, and other relatives. (Geo Solmerano)

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