Rights activists raise political killings at UN

The killings of scores of left-wing activists in the Philippines have been brought before the UN in a bid to put international pressure on President Gloria Arroyo to do more to stop the attacks, human rights advocates said yesterday.

Representatives of five Philippine left-wing groups are attending a conference of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva to encourage diplomats and foreign rights advocates to condemn the killings, allegedly carried out by government forces, they said.

"International pressure might at least put a stop to these increasing numbers of political killings," Edelina de la Paz, head of the prominent local human rights group Karapatan, told a Manila forum on the issue.

Source: GulfNews
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