A year after the Maguindano Massacre

November 23, 2010 – The first anniversary of Ampatuan Massacre, one of the unsolved crimes in the Philippines which involve a popular and powerful clan in Maguindano, Philippines named Ampatuan.

On November 23rd, 2009, 58 people traveling in a convoy to register a political candidate were ambushed and massacred. Andal Ampatuan Jr. the main suspect was accused of ordering his private militia to carry out the killings. He is one of the 197 people charge in the crime, but only half of them are in the custody.
According to the victim’s relatives they are flying to manila just to attend the hearing but until now the proceeding was still ongoing. There are also reported incidents that the Ampatuan tried to bribe the family members into silence and some witnesses have been killed. Some organization like IFJ is now pushing actions against the Ampatuan.

The International Federation of Journalist (IFJ) and the National Union of the Philippines (NUJP) calls the attention of all journalists, media workers and their colleagues to prepare for Global Day that marks the 1st Anniversary of the Ampatuan Massacre. They are pushing to have coordination on all international organization including Online Social Medias such as Facebook and Twitter.

Let’s just hope that the Philippine Government will continue to dig more evidences to help the victims to have their justice.

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