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• Filipino Families Furious As Massacre Trial Drags On
  • by Anthony Kuhn
  • (NPR) – May 09, 2011

Frustration is growing at the slow pace of justice in the Philippines. The trials of those accused of murdering 34 journalists and two dozen others have dragged on for more than 500 days without any conclusive results.

The murders are often described as the worst single atrocity against journalists, and victims' families and media rights groups are demanding action from the Philippine government.

In the basement of the courthouse in Quezon City, part of the metro Manila region, Catholics pray for the souls of the departed. In courtrooms upstairs, doctors present grim evidence of how the victims were killed...Full Story »