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"We expect the Philippine government to immediately and thoroughly investigate the killings and the involvement of the AFP, and bring the perpetrators to justice.”
“The government needs to make clear that the military, paramilitaries, and the companies that underwrite the projects linked to these human rights violations will no longer enjoy impunity.”
In a brief interview with journalists after emerging from the tent, Roxas promised help for the evacuees in light of the emerging health concerns such as chicken pox, but refused to comment on what would happen to the Lumad schools.
Lumad victims from Lianga, Surigao del Sur recounted the horrors of the Sept.1 rampage by a paramilitary group, who entered their community along with soldiers.
President Aquino has been blind to the deaths of the indigenous Lumads, said the protesters.
“We urge law enforcement authorities to do their part so that the killing rampage of these armed paramilitary groups can be immediately stopped.”
“Where is the so-called daang matuwid?”
“Not a single cent to the military monsters.”
Forced evacuation continues to take toll on the Lumads, with the death of a child.
“No perpetrator has been arrested, while the 36th and 75th infantry battalion and Special Forces of the Armed Forces of the Philippines continue their military operations in the mountain areas."
Grief, anger and indignation sent protesters out to the streets last week, calling for justice for victims of killings by paramilitary and military groups in Mindanao, and other parts of the country.
Faced with the reign of terror by paramilitary and military, Lumad communities were forced to leave their homes – again.
“These latest killings and attack are meant to destroy the unity of the Lumad people who have resisted the plunder of their ancestral lands in the Andap Valley Complex."
“President Aquino’s inaction on EO 546 is tantamount to a presidential imprimatur on these killings and violations.”
Bulatlat.com compiles its articles through the years on the attacks by military and paramilitary units against Alcadev and the Manobo communities.
Paramilitary groups, suspected of collusion with the military, have killed five people in five days, and caused massive forced evacuation.
Terror operations by soldiers and paramilitary men set off a new wave of evacuation of peasant and Lumad communities in Surigao del Sur province.
The tribal games aim to preserve the culture of the indigenous people which are slowly being forgotten.
"These trumped-up charges against us are acts of desperation.”
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