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Juvy Magsino and public school teacher Leima Fortu were killed on February 13 by suspected elements of the 204th Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army in Naujan, Mindoro Oriental. Magsino was vice mayor of Naujan and a respected human rights lawyer while Fortu was the acting Secretary-General of KARAPATAN-Mindoro Oriental. They are among the 13 human rights workers and 41 Bayan Muna (People First, a progressive political party) members and officers who have been killed in cold-blood sinde President Macapagal-Arroyo came to power in 2001. Read more about it on indymedia qc.