The World - News from Dec. 2, 1985
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Disappearances of detainees, torture and murder are part of daily life in the Philippines, according to a study by the New York-based Lawyers Committee for International Human Rights. The study, reported in the San Francisco Examiner, blamed a “dramatic deterioration” in human rights over the last two years on the Philippine military and judiciary and on President Ferdinand E. Marcos.
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