Marawi
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“The US government and Duterte's incessant accusation against the Moro people as harboring terrorists gave a go-signal for the military and the police to openly attack Moro civilians and communities."
Groups called President Duterte’s declaration of Marawi’s liberation “ironic.”
“You can come visit our lands, interact with us, do business with us, but we will resist if you encroach on our lands.”
“The truth will soon come out. Nothing is ever hidden.”
The Meranaws of Marawi City are eager to return to their homes and get back on their feet without the encroachment of big business.
A Mindanao peace group reports killings, disappearances and torture of Marawi civilians by government troops since the its military offensives began in May.
“We condemn the Dawlah Islamiya in Marawi, but the US-Duterte regime is a bigger terrorist.”
A Marawi City evacuee tells of the hardship of searching for his kin under martial law in Mindanao.
The Maranaos from Marawi have brought to the capitol their stories of suffering and their demand for justice.
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“The US wants to make the Philippines another Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria or Somalia.”
After the military has destroyed Marawi City's business district, it alleged that the Mautes have taken to planting bombs in the city, and that's why they will still not allow the Maranao to reclaim the city.
‘Why don’t they stop the bombing? There is no more enemy. Or even if there are enemies still, there are too few of them.
'I want to call on Pres. Duterte, please stop the bombing of Marawi and please lift Martial Law.'
The Marawi evacuees want to go home soon not only because they feel the conflict should have been mopped up earlier with the forces sent in by the government. They also worry over possible threats of dislocation via "rehabilitation" and other plans such as the expansion of plantations and promoting eco-tourism.
“Groups helping them now must go beyond providing humanitarian relief and psycho-social services: they need all the help they can get in giving voice to the bakwit’s desire to reclaim Marawi.”
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“What did the President decide to give these rights abusers? Not punishment, but more power to abuse.”
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