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For immediate release - 17/03/2008
EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES - A CALL TO END
IMPUNITY
International human rights experts and activists from the Philippines will address the continuing problem of extrajudicial killings in a side event to the UN Human Rights Council's 7th session.
Organized by Amnesty International, the Diakonieagency of the Evangelical Church in Germany (a member of Action Network Human Rights - Philippines) and the World Council of Churches, the panel discussion "Extrajudicial Executions in the Philippines - A Call to End Impunity" will take place on
Wednesday, 19 March 2008, 02:00-04:00 PM at the Palais des Nations, Room 27
Participants at the panel discussion are:
 Dr Theodor Rathgeber (facilitator), German Forum Human Rights.
 Lea Biason, Amnesty International
 Marie Hilao-Enriquez, Karapatan, human rights monitoring group in the Philippines  Carlo Cleofe, Task Force Detainees of the Philippines
The panel discussion is open to press; there will be time allocated for questions and answers. Participants are available for press interviews upon request.
Snacks will be provided for lunch.
Media contact:Theodor Rathgeber +41-79-471-1224, TRathgeber@gmx.net
Additional information:Juan Michel,+41 22 791 6153 +41 79 507 6363 media@wcc-coe.org
The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 347 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 560 million Christians in over 110 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC general secretary is Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, from the Methodist Church in Kenya. Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.
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