Torture, killings haven’t slowed since 2006 GA resolution
by Catherine Gordon
Presbyterian Washington Office
WASHINGTON — The 217th General Assembly (2006) passed a resolution lifting up the current human rights violations in the Philippines and expressing its deep concern for the United Church of Christ in the Philippines and the men and women who have been murdered by forces opposed to the protection of human rights.
The Assembly further called upon the Philippine government to “bring to justice the killers of the pastors, other church workers, and other Filipinos similarly executed and/or tortured by paramilitary forces.” The Assembly called for a full inquiry into these matters by the Philippine government.
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