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Based on reports by mass organization, at least 141 activists were arrested by the police during or on their way to rallies last July 23. In Met­ro Ma­ni­la, 34 activists were arrested including 5 PISTON members and 24 activists in Marikina City. In Sout­hern Ta­ga­log, 85 activists were arrested while on their way to participate […]

JOURNALISTS FROM Alter­mid­ya, Pi­noy Weekly, Ko­dao Pro­ducti­ons and Bu­lat­lat filed a complaint at the Com­mis­si­on on Hu­man Rights on July 30 against Na­tio­nal Task Force to End the Local Com­mu­nist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and Phi­lip­pi­ne Na­tio­nal Po­lice for subjecting them to continuing harassment. The complaint includes the recent confiscation of thousands of copies of Pinoy […]

Elements of the 62nd IB simultaneously arrested Tumandok minorities Mar­tin Lin­da­yao, We­nie Ca­ril­lo and De­mas Lin­da­yao in Ba­ra­ngay San Agus­tin, Isa­be­la, Neg­ros Occiden­tal on July 2, 7 a.m. The arrest is part of the continuing focused military operations in the area.

Peasant couple Alber­to and Ma­ri­tess Du­rin were killed when CAFGU elements under the 20th IB indiscriminately strafed their house in Ba­ra­ngay Na­ta­wo, Pa­la­pag, Northern Sa­mar on July 26. Their grandchild, a minor, was also wounded during the incident. This is the second case of indiscriminate strafing by soldiers in Palapag since June. Earlier, military agents […]

The 8th ID fired a total of 88 artillery rounds at farmlands in San Jose de Buan, Western Samar last July 14 and 29. This resulted in the evacuation of 50 farmers from adjacent communities. At least 64 rounds of mortar and howitzers were fired by the military at farmlands in Mt. Huraw near the […]