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No less than 30 cases of human rights violations have been recorded since the Macapagal-Arroyo regime took power, until the third week of June. Up to 54 persons have been victimized by strafing, arbitrary arrests and detention, forced disappearances, illegal searches, harassment and coercion. The number of cases of violations of human rights and the rules of war is expected to rise with Macapagal-Arroyo's directive for an all-out military offensive against the revolutionary movement. Following are among the documented violations of human rights in the second quarter of the year: JUNE 19. Demolition of houses in Baryo Mandaragat, Balic-Balic in Smokey Mountain, Tondo by the police and a demolition team from the National Housing Authority. Residents who resisted were harassed, mauled and jailed. The demolition crew even took away the residents' clothing, money and other belongings. JUNE 15. Arbitrary accusation by the police that Felix Robrigado, a former UP student, was the killer of Cagayan Governor Aguinaldo. The police alleged that they found Robrigado's student ID in the safehouse used by the Red fighters who punished Aguinaldo. According to Robrigado, his ID was lost as far back as 1999 while he was on an immersion program with the peasants of Cagayan. JUNE 10. Abandonment by the 22nd IB of the remains of Red fighter Ma. Graciella "Ka Sisa" Miranda, in Sitio Tugawe, Barangay Bololo, Guinobatan, Albay. After having killed the guerrilla in a military offensive, the soldiers merely left her body to decompose at the site where a group of comrades was encircled by the enemy. FIRST WEEK OF JUNE. Imposition of a curfew by troops of the 24th IB on the residents of Barangay Nabuklod, Floridablanca, Pampanga, which is part of the area where the Carat 2001 joint military exercise involving American and AFP troops was being held; sowing terror against an Aeta community of 400 families by soldiers who conducted roving patrols in the community, demanding to know the names and occupation of the residents of each house. MAY 29. Evacuation of more than 800 families in eight adjacent barangays in Malita, Davao del Sur during pursuit operations against the attackers of Pearl Farm Beach Resort in Samal island; the 25th IB's zoning of barrios along the shorelines of Malita, Davao del Sur and the imposition of unwarranted restrictions on the movement of people in the area. The soldiers even forced men of the adjoining barrios to line up while two men who wore bonnets to conceal their faces were ordered by the military to pinpoint who among the men attacked Pearl Farm. MAY 28. Massacre by the 69th IB and Tarlac PNP troops of three civilians in an encounter with the NPA. The civilians were identified as Marcelino dela Cruz, an Aeta pastor of the United Methodist Church; and Remy Rueda Rivera and Adelaida Cabiao, farmers from Sitio Baag, Barangay San Pedro, San Jose, Tarlac. Arrested were Jun-Jun Morales, 18 years old; Gerardo Blanco, 17; and Marcelino's 17-year-old wife Melanie dela Cruz who is four months pregnant. Some of the dead bore bullet wounds in their heads. According to witnesses, the butchers dragged and unceremoniously threw the civilians' remains into the transporting helicopter. MAY 10. Summary execution in Barangay Binan, Pagsanjan, Laguna of Virgilio Alcantara, brother of Tirso "Ka Bart" Alcantara, spokesperson of the Melito Glor Command of Southern Tagalog. MAY 5-6. Widespread zoning, raids, illegal arrests and intimidation perpetrated by the elements of the Philippine Army, Philippine Marines and PNP-SWAT against urban poor communities in Manila, Malabon, Navotas and Caloocan City, where leaders of pro-Estrada forces allegedly resided. Scores of residents were arrested. In Barangay Tangos, Dagat-Dagatan, Caloocan City, four-year-old John Gabriel Damasco drowned when he jumped into a river together with the other men who avoided the raiding police on May 5. MAY 3. Illegal mass arrests by members of the military and police of young male residents of Barangay 101 and 105 or "Happyland." This is a temporary settlement site for the former occupants of Smokey Mountain in Tondo, Manila. They were made to strip before being forced to board seven to 10 six by six trucks. APRIL 30. Murder of reelectionist Councilor Peter Dangiwan of Bayan Muna by armed men at around morning, in Barangay Tawang, Balbalan, Kalinga. Dangiwan was known as a defender of human rights and an advocate of the people's interests. He opposed the entry of foreign mining corporations and the presence of AFP soldiers. He also pushed for the abolition of the CAFGU in Balbalan. APRIL 26 - MAY 7. Bombing, imposition of a food blockade, harassment, issuance of threats, looting and destruction of the properties of Banwaons living in Barangay Balit, San Luis, Agusan del Sur. These acts were perpetrated during a large-scale military operation launched by more than 300 troops of the 62nd, 36th, 28th and the 20th IB under Task Force Diamond. Three civilians died and five were wounded in the bombings. At least four children had to undergo medical treatment because of shock. Forty-five 105 mm howitzer shells, 10 rockets from 90 recoilless rifles and twenty-four 81 mm mortar shells were dropped on the barangay. A farm was destroyed, three houses were burned and two bombs exploded near a schoolhouse. 
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