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A 1991 Diary...
« on: June 26, 2007, 10:44:50 PM »
EMLYN JONES participated in the “Pilgrimage to the Philippines” organised by the Philippines-Australia Ecumenical Church Conference in January. Printed here are excerpts from her diary of the period.

Wednesday, January 23

We arrived in Tagbilaran, the main city of Bohol. Bohol consists of a main island and 67 islets and in 1989 had a population of 928,092.

We got to the land of the Bohol Cattle Co. The farmers who have settled on this land are having their right to be there disputed under the provisions of the Land Reform Bill, which was grossly in favour of the wealthy owners.

The peasants spoke of the “Nice People” [NPA -- New Peoples Army, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines] who would liberate the Philippines from the multinationals and the US bases so that all could have land.

In Buenos Aires, the local Basic Christian Community (BCC) emphasises that they are not political. The aim is to get together as Christians. In spite of this, BCCs are frowned upon by the establishment. All this bible study and togetherness, they fear, strengthens the peasants.

Sunday, January 27

Yesterday we went to the office in Tagbilaran of Task Force Detainees. People were there to ask for help. One was 17-year-old Emilia Ambaic. Emilia and her husband, on the way back from a fiesta, stayed in a house that was raided by the Police Constabulary, and Emilia's husband was killed. She asked the police why they had shot her husband and they just said, “You can find yourself another man”.

Perigrinia Banga's two sons are in prison. Her husband was shot while chopping wood. Her son Eduardo was arrested on January 12 and Luciano on January 15. Marlyn Miano was arrested at the same time as Eduardo Banga. There are no charges against any of these three.

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Re: A 1991 Diary...
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2007, 08:33:58 PM »
Under any democratic law, it is illegal to detain a person for more than 24 hours without filing any charges.

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