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 |