[In the news] PH sought EU help in addressing extrajudicial killings, Wikileaks cables show – Interaksyon.com

PH sought EU help in addressing extrajudicial killings, Wikileaks cables show – Interaksyon.com. Abigail Kwok, InterAksyon.com MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs in 2007 sought the help of European Union member-states in solving the cases of extrajudicial killings in the country, a leaked cable released by whistleblower website Wikileaks showed. The cable, made…

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PH sought EU help in addressing extrajudicial killings, Wikileaks cables show – Interaksyon.com.

Abigail Kwok, InterAksyon.com

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs in 2007 sought the help of European Union member-states in solving the cases of extrajudicial killings in the country, a leaked cable released by whistleblower website Wikileaks showed.

The cable, made public Sunday and classified as For Official Use Only, confirmed the position taken by the Philippines after the international community, particularly the EU, expressed concern for the growing cases of such killings of activists, farmers, workers, union organizers, judges, and even journalists.

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