Armed state forces relentlessly spread violence against the people who stand for their rights.

Artillery shelling. From late at night on September 9 until the morning of September 10, the 203rd IBde strafed and fired artillery in Sitio Tugas and nearby communities in Barangay San Vicente, Roxas, Oriental Mindoro. The strafing and shelling targeted not only the forests but also farmlands, the Mangyan indigenous communities, and areas they suspected as withdrawal route of the people’s army unit that they clashed with prior.

This forced the evacuation of hundreds of Mangyan indigenous people, including children, women, and the elderly from Sitio Tugas and Sitio Swerte of Barangay San Vicente and nearby households.

Arrests. On September 16, police arrested four residents of Catmon, Malabon City on charges of perjury and grave coercion, while another person implicated in the case surrendered. Those detained were members of Sandigan Nagkakaisang Mamamayan sa Upper Catmon who oppose the planned demolition and land grabbing in the barangay.

Harassment. In recent weeks, police surveiled and summoned seven Amihan-Cagayan members for interrogation and pressured them to cut links from their organization. Among them was women’s leader Emilia Ventula.

In Negros Occidental, state forces reportedly raided homes and threatened two farmers in Barangay Macagahay, Moises Padilla and Barangay Marcelo, Calatrava. They did the same in the homes of residents in Barangay Linantuyan and Barangay Trinidad in Guihulngan City. The state forces arrived in the middle of the night, subjected them to interrogation, and aimed guns at them.

In Panay, the 3rd IB accused Paghugpong sang mga Mangunguma sa Panay kag Guimaras (PAMANGGAS) leader Lucia Capaducio of being a rebel “at large” after the martyrdom of her son, a Red fighter.