Morong 43

A compilation of facts and stories

 
 


Emailed to ALL UP Workers Union: UP Faculty Regent Judy Taguiwalo

Disseminated by : Edre U. Olalia, NUPL Acting Secretary General


Dear friends:


Please find attached:


1) Chronology of Experiences of the 43 Filipino health workers known as "Morong 43";

2) Addendum to the Chronology;

3) Chronology of Experiences of Relatives and Human Rights Defenders;

4) Chronology of accounts of doctors;

5) Primer; and

6) Article by Prof. Boehringer on the Court of Appeals decision.


Documents 1, 3 and 4 were prepared and submitted on April 8 by way of compliance with the Order of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights (CHR), which would hold another hearing tomorrow on the complaints for various violations of human rights on the Complainants- Detainees.


Document 1 is of particular significance and interest because it in the main recounts in painful detail, based on the 43 health workers' own comprehensive individual and collective recollections... <more>

 

A Letter to ALL UP Workers Union (11 April 2010)

Who are the 43 health workers?


The 43 health workers, also known as “Morong 43”, are health professionals and volunteer community health workers who were arrested in Rizal on February 6, following a raid by the combined forces of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP).

The 43 were part of a Community First Responders’ Health Training sponsored jointly by the Community Medicine Development Foundation (COMMED) and the Council for Health and Development (CHD). The training was held at the residential compound located at 266 E. Dela Paz St., Brgy. Maybangcal, Morong, Rizal.


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