PHILIPPINES: EU mission to look at political/extra judicial killings

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Updated June 18, 2007 19:36:09

Human rights experts from the European Union are in Manila today for the start of a 10 day mission to assess how to help stop political and extra judicial killings. Soldiers and police officers are blamed for many of the killings. The EU team will also look into the deaths of hundreds of journalists.

Presenter: Rob Sharp
Speakers: Head of the EU mission, Ambassador Alistair Macdonald

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