The following is a statement by Omega Bula, Executive Minister of the United Church of Canada’s Justice, Global and Ecumenical Relations Unit, about the arrest of 43 health workers in the Philippines:"The United Church of Canada strongly condemns the arrest by 300 government security forces of two medical doctors, a nurse, a midwife, and 39 health workers in the Philippines on February 6, 2010.
"We call on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to immediately ensure that their rights are respected and to order their release. . . .
"We call on the Government of Canada to condemn the arrest of the 43 health workers and call for their immediate release.
"We call on the Government of Canada to help safeguard the future of democracy in the Philippines by putting pressure on the Philippine government to take immediate and concrete steps to implement measures to stop and prevent election-related violence and human rights abuses."
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