Retired Major-General Jovito Palparan swears in at a commission set up by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to investigate hundreds of killings and disappearances of left wing workers and journalists in Manila September 26, 2006. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine security forces arrested a fugitive army general and former congressman over the disappearance of two students in 2006, ending a three-year manhunt for a person human rights groups accuse of massive violations.
Since taking office in 2010, President Benigno Aquino has vowed to improve human rights but has struggled to rein in killings of journalists and activists in the poor Southeast Asian country of 100 million people.
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