Ampatuan Massacre trial overview (Updated)

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Five more suspects arraigned in massacre trial; backhoe operator included

CMFR/Philippines – Five suspects in the Ampatuan Massacre trial, including the confessed backhoe operator, were arraigned on 8 and 14 August 2013. But the arraignment of three more suspects also scheduled on August 8 was delayed. Meanwhile, the court trying the suspects in the Massacre deferred the transfer of...

Courts junk suspects’ pleas; journalists’ group calls for speedy trial

CMFR/Philippines – Philippine courts dismissed the petitions of several suspects in the Ampatuan massacre last 7 June 2013. One petition sought to exclude as evidence the testimony of a policeman turned prosecution witness. Two others challenged the indictment of two Ampatuan clan members.

Ampatuan massacre suspects arraigned for 58th murder case

CMFR/Philippines - Seventy-eight suspects in the Ampatuan massacre were arraigned at the Quezon City Regional Trial Court last 29 May 2013 for the murder of photojournalist Reynaldo Momay.

Ampatuan Massacre trial overview (Updated)

Ampatuan Massacre prosecutor fined for indirect contempt

A PRIVATE prosecutor in the Ampatuan (Maguindanao) Massacre trial has been found guilty of indirect contempt for distributing copies of a disbarment complaint against one of the defense lawyers representing the Ampatuans last 13 February 2013. However, the Supreme Court dismissed charges against journalists and media companies that reported...

Ampatuan Massacre trial updateJustice delayed

THE TRIAL of the accused killers and masterminds of the Ampatuan Massacre continued in 2012—but with hardly the kind of progress that press freedom groups and the families left behind by the 58 men and women killed Nov. 23 have been demanding.

Zaldy Ampatuan pleads not guilty to Ampatuan Massacre charges

CMFR/PHILIPPINES - A FORMER governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) accused of helping plan the November 23,2009 Ampatuan Massacre pleaded “not guilty” last 12 December 2012 during his arraignment for 57 counts of murder. Former ARMM Governor Zaldy Ampatuan is the third among the eight...

Supreme Court affirms indictment of two Ampatuans

The Philippine Supreme Court has reaffirmed the indictment of two primary suspects in the Ampatuan Massacre.

Zaldy Ampatuan’s petition denied with finality

The Supreme Court of the Philippines denied "with finality" the motion for reconsideration filed by one of the primary accused in the Ampatuan (Maguindanao) Massacre. The Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) received a notice from the Supreme Court last 4 October 2012.