Talk:Extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances in the Philippines

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Contents 1 Philippine Extrajudicial Killings and Desaparecidos 2 Objection to Merger, suggested by Deleted User 3 I-T Report 4 Desaparecidos, 194 victims

[edit] Philippine Extrajudicial Killings and Desaparecidos

I created this landmark and historical article today, Jose Rizal day, our national hero, Philippines. I hope that users will further expand this regarding UPDATES since the recent events are CURRENT. I hope also that researchers and international jurists will benefit from my work.

--Florentino floro (talk) 09:46, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Objection to Merger, suggested by Deleted User

I fully object, disagree to the merger, and hereby submit my reasons: a) I myself created the landmark article on Philippine Extrajudicial Killings and Desaparecidos, which article is vastly, enormously and substantially different from the Human rights in the Philippines article. I am a lawyer and judge. My forte is law, and I created this article with so many links and citations or references, tracing the rich history of the article and events. b) With all due respect to the creator of the other article - User:Bkwillwm said in his page that: "My Wikipedia interests generally have to do with history and politics. I am especially interested in covering areas that seem to be neglected by Wikipedia, such as Native Americans. I am also interested in improving Spain and Morocco related articles. I have translated several Spanish articles for the English Wikipedia. I am also working on improving Wikipedia's coverage of my homestate, Virginia, and its history."; So, based on his credentials, I am more qualified to have authored this Philippine article since I am here in the Philippines, had studied its laws, while the author had no special stint in Philippine jurisprudence. And c) Filipino law students, jurists, professors, and even legislators had used and would in the future use my article for research, especially, now, when killings here multiply. Foreign legal scholars too will use my article on killings.

I suggest therefore, that that article be the one merged here, in my article, as section or sub-section, since my article is broader and more comprehensive or the MOTHER or PARENT of that article. Cheers. Another point, I noticed that User:Descendall was deleted, so, the tag there for merger, is now vandalism, it obviously was intended to vandalize my article. Please consider then, alternatively, that this article be merged into my article. -- --Florentino floro (talk) 08:48, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Agreed with Florentino, i have removed merge tags for now, but if someone wishes to re-open the merge proposal, please feel free. kind regardsSusanbryce (talk) 15:42, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I-T Report

This is a major report on Political killings, the government's side, to make this article balance:

• I-TEAM REPORT - ‘Political killings not official but an unintended policy’ --Florentino floro (talk) 08:08, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Desaparecidos, 194 victims

There seems to be only this figure on forced disappearances, and it's by Desaparecidos, and also the 900+ total now,etc.: until 2007, and more than 900 as of May, 2008, and most of them were members of left wing groups. Karapatan further officially placed the number of victims of human rights violations: forced evacuations or displacement at 7,442, by indiscriminate firing with 5,459 victims, and food and economic blockade with 3,042.JAN-MAR 2008, 96 cases of right violations recorded -- Karapatan The rights group Desparecidos officially reported as of May 15, 2008, 194 victims of enforced disappearances under the Arroyo administration, with the latest abduction of National Democratic Front political consultant for Cagayan Valley, activist Randy Felix Malayao, 39, a volunteer worker.gmanews.tv, Activist is 194th victim of 'enforced disappearances' - group--Florentino floro (talk) 09:49, 20 May 2008 (UTC)