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Photos - Protesters march in Manila against police and military brutalities

Jill | 17.03.2007 12:00

A Filipino child holds a placard during a rally against alleged police and military brutalities in poor communities, Friday, March 16, 2007, at the Interior and Local Government office in Quezon city north of Manila, Philippines. The protesters were demanding the pullout of government troops who were deployed recently in metropolitan Manila universities and urban areas.

A Filipino child holds a placard during a rally against police brutalities
A Filipino child holds a placard during a rally against police brutalities

Manila, Philippines, March 16, 2007
Manila, Philippines, March 16, 2007

Supporters of fugitive leftist legislator Satur Ocampo
Supporters of fugitive leftist legislator Satur Ocampo


Some 100 supporters of fugitive leftist legislator Satur Ocampo clash with police outside the Supreme Court in Manila. Philippine police arrested Ocampo Friday for allegedly ordering the murder of 15 party cadres during a purge in the 1980s.


Police and protesters clash at the Philippine Supreme Court in Manila, Philippines as the latter try to give support to Filipino left-wing Congressman Satur Ocampo (unseen) who was taken into police custody shortly after filing his petition to dismiss the accusations against him on Friday March 16, 2007. Ocampo went into hiding recently after being charged in a 22-year-old mass murder case. Bullit Marquez

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