STATISTICS OF POLITICAL DETAINEES/PRISONERS,
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND TORTURE DURING THE ARROYO ADMINISTRATION

Documented by Task Force Detainees of the Philippines

As of December 31, 2006

 

Total Number of Political Detainees/Prisoners(PDs/PPs)

 

 National Capital Region

   Southern Luzon

   Northern Luzon

   Central/Eastern Visayas

   Western Visayas

   Northern/Southern Mindanao

   Western/Central Mindanao

 

·        Total number of minors

·        Total number of elderly

·        Total number of women

·        Total number of sickly

·        Total number of Moro

 

232

 

  76

22

13

30

11

38

42

 

6

6

12

9

65 

 

 CASES OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS DURING THE ARROYO ADMINISTRATION

Documented by Task Force Detainees of the Philippines

January 23, 2001 – December 31, 2006

CASE

NUMBER OF CASES

NUMBER OF VICTIMS

Arrest and Detention

372

1,373

Torture

110

240

Harassment

103

5,002 individuals + 3,482 families + 9 barangays

Extra-Judicial Execution

54

62 individuals

Frustrated Extra-Judicial Execution

6

8 individuals

Massacre

13

107 individuals

Frustrated Massacre

9

43 individuals

Casualties due to Crossfire

7

14 individuals

Disappearance

22

54 individuals

Violent Dispersal of Protest

15

1,937 individuals

Forced/Faked Surrender

2

28 individuals + 1 community

Destruction of Property

5

691 individuals + 168 families

Forced Evacuation

26

10,561 individuals + 19,926 families

Illegal Demolition

62

34,048 individuals + 6,684 families

Violation of the Right to Housing

2

209 families

 

SUMMARY OF TORTURE CASES

Documented by Task Force Detainees of the Philippines

January 23, 2001 to December 5, 2006

Torture Cases per Year

Year

No. of Cases

No. of Victims

January-December  2001

9

13

January-December  2002

17

66

January-December  2003

23

37

January-December  2004

38

71

January-December  2005

15

32

January-December 2006

8

21

                  TOTAL

110

240

 

Cases per island

Island

No. of Cases

No. of Victims

Luzon

35

79

Visayas

17

33

Mindanao

57

127

TOTAL

109

239

Perpetrators

# of Cases

Philippine Army (PA)

68

Philippine National Police (PNP)

24

Intelligence

12

PA/PNP

1

Marines

1

NBI

2

CAFGU

1

Philippine Air Force

1

 

Victims belonging to marginalized sectors

Elderly

2

Minor

17

Women

9

Moro

80