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Stills from the BAYAN video on Command Responsibility for the political killings











*Download 2-minute BAYAN Video Clip* ■ High Resolution MPG format (19 MB) ■ Low Resolution WMV format (2.5 MB)	► EO 493 can foil SC's special courts ► End policy on civilian killings before victims can be in courts without fear - Karapatan

Anakpawis leader RENATO Ka Atong PACAIDE of Davao del Sur 835th victim of extrajudicial killings

FACT SHEET: RENATO "ATONG" TORRECAMPO PACAIDE ■ UA Title: Provincial Coordinator of Anakpawis (Toiling Masses) Party List gunned down in Digos City, Davao del Sur, Philippines ■ UA Case: Assassination ■ Victim/s: Renato "Atong" Torrecampo Pacaide 53 years old, married with 3 children Male A resident of Digos City, Davao del Sur Secretary General, Nagkahiusang Mag-uuma sa Davao del Sur (NAMADDS) "United Farmers of Davao del Sur" Provincial Chairperson, Anakpawis "Toiling Masses" Davao del Sur, Philippines ■ Place of Incident: along Rizal Avenue corner Lim Street, Digos City, Davao del Sur, Philippines ■ Date of Incident: 2 March 2007, at around 10:45 in the morning ■ Alleged Perpetrators: two unidentified armed men on board a red DT Yamaha motorcycle believed to be members of a military "death squad" ■ Account of Incident At around 10:45 in the morning, Renato T. Pacaide was crossing Rizal Avenue towards Lim Street on his way to the NAMADDS office when a red DT Yamaha motorcycle with two men on board stopped. One of the men shot Renato. He tried to run away from his assailants but they were able to catch up with him and finished him off by shooting him on the head. He sustained four gunshot wounds. Witnesses said that the driver of the motorcycle was wearing a ski mask but the triggerman did not have any covering on his face. He reportedly used a .45 caliber pistol with a "silencer". Atong, as peers and associates fondly called him, was a vocal critic of the Macapagal-Arroyo administration and a well-known political activist in Davao del Sur. As the Secretary General of NAMADDS, he was active in the struggle on issues confronting the Davao del Sur farmers such as mining and land grabbing in the guise of so-called development projects.
	He was also the Provincial Coordinator of Anakpawis "Toiling Masses", a duly accredited national political party that promotes and advances the patriotic and democratic aspirations of the marginalized sectors of workers, peasants, fisher folk and other rural and urban poor. URGENT ACTION Prepared by: KARAPATAN (Alliance for the Advancement of People's Rights)-National Office 2/F Erythrina Bldg. Maaralin cor. Matatag Streets, Brgy. Central, Quezon City 1100 PHILIPPINES Voice/Fax: (+632) 435 4146 Emails: <karapatan@tri-isys.com > / karapatan.pid@gmail.com Statement in Txt format ► Anakpawis Statement on the brutal assassination of Renato Pacaide ► Another Anakpawis Leader Killed* bringing the number of political killings to 835 ► Anakpawis coordinator killed in Digos; MAcapagal-Arroyo continues to protect and defend the AFP on the issue of extra-judicial killings

Stop-the-killings protest in Korea


	Filipino OFWs and their Korean suporrters staged a picket in front of the Philippine Embassy in Korea to protest the continuing political killings in the country.


Forum on Human Rights Toronto, March 4, 2007

		Marie Hilao-Enriquez of KARAPATAN details the human rights situation in the Philippines
	Dr. Chandu Claver, Bayan Muna chair, Kalinga chapter, survived last year an ambush which unfortunately claimed the life of his wife.

Well-known human rights activists, in a forum in Toronto last March 4, discussed the current human rights situation in the Philippines. They called on the Filipino community to support the campaign to stop the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines. The Community Alliance for Social Justice and the Philippine Press Club of Ontario hosted the forum. Photos courtesy of the DAMAYAN Migrant Education and Resource Center (damayancenter.blogspot.com)

Among the guests from the Philippines are NCCP Secretary General Sharon Rose Duremdes (pix #1) and Fr. Joe Dizon of Kairos (pix #2)