Background:
The Maguindanao massacre, also known as the Ampatuan massacre after the town where the mass graves were found, occurred on the morning of November 23, 2009, in the town of Ampatuan in Maguindanao province, on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. While the victims were on their way to file a certificate of candidacy for Esmael Mangudadatu, vice mayor of Buluan town, they were kidnapped and brutally killed. Mangudadatu was challenging Datu Unsay mayor Andal Ampatuan, Jr., son of the incumbent Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan, Sr., in the forthcoming Maguindanao gubernatorial election, part of the national elections in 2010. The 58 people killed included Mangudadatu's wife, his two sisters, journalists, lawyers, aides, and motorists who were witnesses or were mistakenly identified as part of the convoy.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called the Maguindanao massacre the single deadliest event for journalists in history. At least 34 journalists are known to have died in the massacre. In a statement, CPJ executive director Joel Simon noted that the killings, "appears to be single deadliest event for the press since 1992, when CPJ began keeping detailed records on journalist deaths." The CPJ further noted that, "Even as we tally the dead in this horrific massacre, our initial research indicates that this is the deadliest single attack on the press ever documented by CPJ." Even before the Maguindanao massacre, the CPJ had labeled the Philippines the second most dangerous country for journalists, second only to Iraq.
So ano na nangyari....
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Halos makalimutan ko na ang mga taong namatay sa karumal-dumal na mindanao massacre. At hanggang ngayon di pa rin nakakamit ang HUSTISYA para sa pamilya ng mga namatayan...2 years na ang nakakalipas pero up to now, wala pa rin nagagawa ang gobyerno..hanggang sa kulungan lang ba? hanggang sa mga hearings na lang ba? Ang dami-dami na ngang testigo at ebidensiya na nagpapatunay na GUILTY ang mga SUSPECT, pero bakit ganun, nagbubulagbulagan ang HUSTISYA dito sa atin. Kung maalala niyo yung binitay na Pilipino dahil lang sa droga, nagawa yun ng CHINA, bakit sa atin di magawang ibigay ang tamang JUSTICE while in fact MURDER na ang pinaguusapan. Eh kung ibalik kaya natin ang BITAY sa Pilipinas?
Hindi na dapat kailangan pang idaan sa pagkadami-daming mga hearings dahil sa huli wala ring patutunguhan ang mga kunung imbestigasyon ng mga magagaling na tao sa gobyerno. Bakit ganun? Sa dami ba naman ng mga testigo at ebidensiya na nagpapatunay laban sa mga mamatay na tao eh dinadaan pa maayos na paraan samantalang pinatay nila ang mga walang kalaban-laban at inosenteng mga pamilya at mga journalist. Alam na nga lang ng mga magagaling na tao sa gobyerno na GUILTY ang mga nahuling suspek, pero bakit wala pa ring kaukulang parusa sa mga ito. Kalokohan! Di tayo bulag sa nangyaring ito sa bansa nating Pilipinas at di na nating papayagan na mangyari ito. But we want this to happen:
We want JUSTICE! We don't want KILLINGS!
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