PRESS RELEASE April 2, 2011 Brgy. SAN ISIDRO, MARIHATAG, Surigao del Sur — 110 families with about 600 men, women and children from hinterland communities have reportedly fled their homes in Brgy. San Isidro since March 31, 2011 as elements of the 29th IBPA (Infantry Battallion, Philippine Army) intensified their combat operations against the New…
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Bakwet
O bakwet, kami po ay bakwet Mula sa probinsya, kami ay umalis Nagbakwet, kami ay umalis Doon po sa amin, sundalo’y malupit Sundalo’y walang galang, hindi yata nag-aral Matanda at bata, sinasaktan, pinapatay Hindi nila pakinggan ang aming katuwiran Agad dadamputin at sinasaktan O bayan ko, o bayan ko Paano ang pag-aaral ko? Napatigil, o…
O Bakwet* (Rights Victims Flee from Quezon Province)
By dabet castañeda HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008 The intensifying militarization of Quezon province has forced 69 individuals to leave their homes and livelihood and literally run for their lives during the last quarter of 2007. Tales of fathers and mothers being harassed and taken to military camps…