Philippines: Further information on "Disappearance"/Fear for safety

Index Number: ASA 35/001/2006
Date Published: 20 January 2006
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Philippines

Amnesty International has learned that leftist political activist Armando Barquilllo was released in August 2005, one month after being abducted by eight heavily-armed men from a public market in Cavite City. Lirio de Castro is also thought to have been released, although no further information is available.