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Suspect’s bid for exclusion from trial denied; another suspect arrested

CMFR/Philippines – The Court of Appeals denied on 14 March 2013 the motion for reconsideration of Sajid Islam U. Ampatuan, primary suspect in the 2009 Ampatuan Massacre and son... Read more

Updated: Government prosecutors rest case against 28 accused; Court accepts embalmer’s testimony

CMFR/Philippines – Government prosecutors expressed their intention to rest their case against 28 accused of masterminding and carrying out the Ampatuan Massacre of 2009 on 28 February 2014, more than... Read more

Victims’ kin appear in court; suspect arraigned

CMFR/Philippines – The kin of three Ampatuan Massacre victims—Alejandro Reblando, Jr., Femy Momay, and Cielo Birzuela—took the witness stand during the ongoing trial of the accused masterminds and killers... Read more

Court orders release of man mistaken for Ampatuan Massacre suspect

CMFR/Philippines – The court hearing the Ampatuan Massacre trial ordered on 23 January 2014 the release of a man who was mistakenly identified as one of the accused. Presiding... Read more

Backhoe operator identifies Ampatuan Massacre suspect

CMFR/Philippines – One of the three backhoe operators in the Ampatuan Massacre took the stand for the prosecution during a petition for bail hearing on 22 January 2013. He... Read more

Word War on Impunity

The exchange between press freedom advocates and Aquino officials reflects the underlying adversarity inherent in media’s relationship with government. But the talk on the issue of impunity has become a... Read more

Supreme Court releases guidelines to speed up Ampatuan trial

CMFR/Philippines – The Philippine Supreme Court (SC) released new guidelines on 10 December 2013 to expedite the proceedings of the Ampatuan Massacre trial. The trial started more than three... Read more

Impunity Reigns as Killings Continue

NINETEEN (19) journalists have been killed for their work in the Philippines since 2010 when Benigno Aquino III assumed the Presidency, even as delays hound the trial of the... Read more

VIDEO: What is impunity?

Journalists, artists, teachers, priests, filmmakers, writers, encompassing activists, ordinary people ATTACKED, THREATENED, ABUSED, DISAPPEARED, KILLED without PUNISHMENT without JUSTICE Read more

Timeline: Ampatuan Massacre Trial

Selected highlights of the Ampatuan Massacre Trial Read more