“These killings are under the context of the counterinsurgency program which is running short on a deadline.”
Lumad victims give testimonies to UN expert
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Mere kibitzers, Army says of soldiers nabbed at Lumad funeral
“The fact says it all. They mingled with the crowd while armed and they gave the police false names when they were presented at the police station.”
#StopLumadKillings | Groups protest ‘butcher mining companies’ confab
“This mining conference’s top sponsors are also the leading sponsors of paramilitary groups that have sown terror across the mine-affected communities especially in Mindanao.”
Army, paramilitary disrupt funeral of Lumad victims
“The apprehension of the two soldiers and one Magahat/Bagani member last September 13 only shows and proves they are connected.”
AFP Berdugo?
BLOOD RUSH By SARAH RAYMUNDO Berdugo is derived from the Spanish verdugo, which means 1. executioner or a person who carries out the death penalty; 2. hangman in the gallows; 3. tormentor or a cruel person. “There is no reputation to besmirch” was Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay’s curt response to the Armed Forces of…
#GriefandRage | Thousands join funerals of 3 Surigao Sur ‘martyrs’
The three men brutally slain in the rampage by a paramilitary group in Surigao del Sur were laid to rest, amid calls for justice and the prosecution of their killers, suspected of following military orders.
#StopLumadKillings | Int’l rights advocates call for ‘global action for Mindanao’
“Be assured, my dear friends, be assured again, that you don’t stand alone.”
Lumad schools call on military chief to probe soldiers on Surigao killings
“General Iriberri, your fellow Surigaonons are being slaughtered in the military’s implementation of counter-insurgency operations.”
#StopLumadKillings | ‘They were great fathers’
The three men killed in Lianga, Surigao del Sur on Sept. 1 were not only principled leaders who spent their whole lives helping others – they were also good, loving fathers.
Belgian NGO wants PH gov’t to probe Army involvement in Lumad killings
“We expect the Philippine government to immediately and thoroughly investigate the killings and the involvement of the AFP, and bring the perpetrators to justice.”
Trying to kill a dream
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective One of the multi-awarded reporters of a major media conglomerate interviewed on national television the head of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples Leonor T. Oralde-Quintayo regarding the spate of killings of Lumads in Mindanao. But she began the segment by saying, “groups with conflicting ideologies” have been recruiting Lumads…