A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission

PHILIPPINES: Keeping of records regarding ‘vigilante’ killings has stopped but the killings go on
Slaughter of Innocents
http://noprotection.blog.humanrights.asia/
While this Statement is being written, more and more persons, including minors, have been targeted for murder on the pretext of ‘vigilante’ killings in cities of General Santos, Davao, Cagayan de Oro and Cebu. This is an insidious phenomenon [...]

Tribal people wage war vs. communist rebels

The indigenous peoples in Mindanao declared this week a full-blown war against the communist New People’s Army (NPA), in a ceremony in Davao City organized by the Armed Forces of the Philippines Eastern Mindanao Command (AFP-EastMinCom).

Led by Datu Joel Onad, chair of the Mindanao Indigenous Peoples Conference for Peace and Development (MIPCPD), tribal leaders from [...]

AFP: Declare Karapatan as ‘persona non grata’

A military spokesman in Southern Mindanao said Dabawenyos could learn a lesson from what village officials in a town in Negros Occidental who banned militant groups from entering their village.
“We should learn from what the barangay officials and residents of Linantuyan, Guiholngan in Negros Occidental did to the self-proclaimed human rights group [...]

Running away from a war: The children of Compostela Valley

PRIZED POSSESSION.  A young child, displaced by military-rebel clashes in Compostela Valley in Southhern Philippines, holds a chicken as if his life depends on it, at an evacuation center in Davao City. Hundreds of farmers mostly indigenous peoples have fled Compostela Valley as government troopers lock in sporadic battles with the communist New People’s Army.

Governor Uy slams human rights group Karapatan; farmer leader shot dead

By ROGER M. BALANZA

LAND NOT BULLETS. This is the message on the hat of farmer leader Celso Pojas during the peasant month press conference in October last year. Celso Pojas, former secretary-general of the Farmers’ Association of Davao City and spokesman of the KMP in Southern Mindanao, was gunned down today, the first militant leader [...]

NPA, troopers face probe for girls injured in clash

CHR sees human rights violations
By ROGER M. BALANZA

The Commission on Human Rights said there was human rights violations in the wounding of two children in last week’s encounter between the New People’s Army and government troops in Compostela Valley province.
Regional director Alberto Sipaco said both the communist rebels and troopers should answer [...]

Bayan Muna calls governor, military “liars”

FOR DENYING EVACUATION IN DAVAO ORIENTAL
LIARS!!! 
The militant Bayan Muna has slammed Davao Oriental Governor Corazon Malanyaon and the military for denying there were evacuation by some people in the municipalities of Cateel, Boston and Baganga last week following massive military operations against the communist New People’s Army rebels.
This is an affront to the agreement which [...]

Karapatan: Soldiers have no good manners and right conduct

Army to probe thieving troopers in Talaingod  
By ROGER M. BALANZA

            Troopers from the Army Scout Rangers stole rice and corn and animals of farmers who fled a village during recent military operations against communist rebels in Talaingod municipality in Davao del Norte.
            Col Benito de Leon, chief of staff of the 10th Infantry [...]

DavSur hydropower plant opposed

Tribals claim human rights violation
Lumads (tribal natives) in Davao del Sur are up in arms against a hydropower plant being built by the Hydro Electric Development Corporation (HEDCOR), a subsidiary of Aboitiz Equity Ventures.
“HEDCOR  is in clear violation of our rights as indigenous peoples who have rights to our ancetral domain. There was no genuine [...]

Davao City dads slam Alston report, Manila daily

City Hall not funding Davao Death Squad
Davao City councilor Peter Laviña yesterday took offense at a news report in a national daily, which hinted that Mayor Rodrigo Duterte could be using his peace and order fund to finance the Davao Death Squad.
“This is a baseless and malicious accusation,” said Laviña in a privilege speech. The [...]