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Joseph looked across his dimly lit room, past the bars that separated him from the rest of the world. He tries to feel hopeful – after two years, he may be able to spend New Year with his family. He wonders though, how he can raise the amount for his bail.

The Maguindanao massacre which killed 57 unarmed individuals including 22 women, media people and human rights lawyers defies what modern civilization could take or comprehend.

CTUHR welcomes the signing of Anti-Torture Law as a positive development in the people’s painstaking struggle against human rights violations in the country.  The problem of torture has long pestered not only the victims of both legal and illegal arrests but also their families who share the trauma with their loved ones.