MANILA -- Human rights groups on Friday urged former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo anew to explain and be accountable to the thousands of activists summarily killed or tortured under her nine-year rule.

In a statement, the newly-formed End Impunity Alliance said the former leader condoned impunity during her term since nobody has been jailed for the human rights violations.

Unfortunately, the alliance said leftists are still being hunted and killed under President Benigno Aquino III.

According to rights group Karapatan, at least 1,206 people were victims of extrajudicial killings under Arroyo.

There are also 206 victims of enforced disappearances and thousands more victims of other forms of human rights abuse.

Since President Aquino assumed office on July 1, 2010 up to July 21, 2011, Karapatan has already documented 50 cases of extrajudicial killings, eight cases of enforced disappearance and more than a hundred cases of illegal arrests and detention. (Sunnex)