INT'L ACTIVIST GROUP CONDEMNS ARREST, DETENTION, TORTURE OF 'MORONG 43'
Alexander Martin Remollino

An international activist formation has condemned the arrest, detention, and torture of the 43 health workers in the Philippines who are collectively known as the "Morong 43."

The International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), which describes itself as an "anti-imperialist and democratic formation," in a recent resolution called on its member organizations worldwide to "make the strongest demand that they can muster for the release of the 43 health workers and to condemn and hold accountable the US-Arroyo regime for its gross and systematic violation of human rights in the Philippines." It also called for the immediate release of the "Morong 43" and demanded that those involved in their illegal arrest, detention, and torture be arrested and brought to justice... READ FULL ARTICLE