Reports from Correspondents:
Human rights violations worsening under the Macapagal-Arroyo regime

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Even as it desperately maligns the integrity of the revolutionary movement through evil propaganda, the Macapagal-Arroyo regime is unable to cover up its own brutality. Fascism perpetrated by the murderous reactionary army against growing numbers of people in various parts of the country continues to worsen.

Just this month, Ang Bayan received reports from Cagayan Valley and Southern Tagalog on abuses, acts of violence and terror by AFP troops.

Killings of more Bayan Muna members

Troops from the 16th IB led by a Lieutenant Dimapinto killed Bayan Muna municipal coordinator and barangay councilman Expedito "Ispid" Albarillo, 48 in the morning of April 8. He was killed in Sitio Ibuye, Barangay Calsapa, San Teodoro, Oriental Mindoro. Prior to this, Albarillo had been accused of being a member of the New People�s Army.

Albarillo was dragged from his house, shot and his skull bashed in. The soldiers also gouged out one of his eyes. The fascists also killed his wife Manuela Albarillo, 45, a Bayan Muna member and leader of the Samahan ng Kababaihan sa San Teodoro.

In Isabela, Bayan Muna provincial coordinator Warlito Nagasao, 46, was abducted and killed by suspected troops from the 45th IB. He had just left his house in Barangay Villa Campo Laud, Echague in the early hours of March 20. He was found dead several hours later in the town of Alfonso Lista, Ifugao. His family learned of his death only on March 26 when his body was brought to them.

Landgrabbing and harassment of farmers

In Santiago, Quirino in Isabela, Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco and Benjamin Dy Jr. have been using the 45th IB to grab lands from farmers for their cassava-planting project in the region. From January to February, the 45th IB and agents from the Military Intelligence Group threatened and terrorized leaders and members of the Santiago Farmers Association and others opposed to the project. In addition, the troops conducted illegal searches of houses in San Juan, Quezon, Isabela and based themselves in houses in Sitio Namnama, Barangay Santos of the same town despite opposition from residents.

Violations of the rules of war and International Humanitarian Law

Troops of the 45th IB summarily executed on February 12 two captured Red fighters, Frankie "Ka Arnold" Gelacio and Salvador "Ka Marvin" Arbezo. They were part of a five-person NPA team that was encircled that day in Dolores, Quirino, Isabela.

Meanwhile, the bodies of Ka Arnold and Ka Marvin�s three comrades who were killed in the fighting were desecrated. The troops sexually molested and robbed Janet "Ka Angel" Taguba. Danilo "Ka Jonard" Galan�s shoulder was broken; and Rafael "Ka Mar" de Leon�s face was riddled with bullets.

The soldiers also strafed the houses of Dominador Corpuz and Marcelo Villanueva, where the Red fighters rested, thus destroying many household items.

April 2002
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