Philippines Massacre
With mass killings in Maguindanao, Philippines now ranks as world’s most dangerous country for journalists. Photographs by Jes Aznar (27-Nov-09).
With mass killings in Maguindanao, Philippines now ranks as world’s most dangerous country for journalists. Photographs by Jes Aznar (27-Nov-09).
Last year they made up the largest group of newly internally displaced people in the world, but their plight has received little attention.
Army and rebels charge each other with brutal murder of couple and their four young children.
Seven out of ten Filipinos are working for low salaries in casual employment.
Activists point finger at two battalions leading the government’s counter-insurgency campaign in the region.
Police say they have yet to be granted access to army officers they consider primary suspects.
Rights groups believe murdered child is victim of extra-judicial killings plaguing Western Mindanao.
The crime has been met with widespread disgust and condemnation, and calls for a independent, transparent investigation.
But local priest say it won’t achieve much as witnesses will be too scared to testify.