A coalition of human rights and media advocates convened in London, on the 100th day since the brazen November 23, 2009 Ampatuan massacre in Maguindanao, and castigated President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's failure to disband militias who were said to be behind the grisly crime, among others.
Representatives of Amnesty International (AI), the United Kingdom's National Union of Journalists (NUJ), the International Federation of Journalists and the Campaign for Human Rights in the Philippines (CHRP) formed the coalition at a forum on Wednesday in Britain's capital city.
RJ Maramag, chair of the CHRP, told Asian Correspondent said the forum and coalition are positive steps appreciated by Filipinos and the victims who demand that justice be swiftly delivered against the masterminds and perpetrators of the Ampatuan massacre.
"Mrs. Arroyo is committing a bloody mistake is she thinks she could get away with keeping these militias which she unleashed under her watch," said Maramag.
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