Appeals for Action
(Updated) ALCADEV Exec.Director, 2 Lumads killed by AFP units and paramilitary group; community members forced to evacuate
submitted on Mon, 09/07/2015 - 14:07(Updated UA_September 7, 2015)
On September 1, at around 4 a.m., members of the AFP’s paramilitary group Magahat/Bagani Force/Marcos Bocales group opened fire at Dionel Campos and his cousin Juvello Sinzo (earlier reported as Aurello/Bello Sinzo) and a staff member of ALCADEV Belen Itallo in the presence of the community members in Km.16, Bgy. Diatagon, Lianga, Surigao del Sur. Campos and Sinzo died instantly, while Itallo survived. The back of Campos’s head was blown off, as some witnesses believed armed men used M203 rifle to shoot him. Sinzo’s arms were also broken due to gunshot wounds.
In the same morning, Emerito Samarca’s remains was found in one of the classrooms in school compound of ALCADEV (Alternative Learning Center for Agricultural and Livelihood Development). Samarca is Executive Director of ALCADEV. His throat was slit open, with the cut that ranged from ear to ear. He was also shot two times on the chest.
The killings happened while the same paramilitary group burnt down the community’s cooperative store.
Five Manobo massacred by 1st Special Forces Battalion
submitted on Wed, 09/02/2015 - 18:22UA Date: August 18, 2015
UA Case: Massacre/Extrajudicial Killing, Frustrated Killing, Use of Civilian in Police and/or Military Operations as Guides and/or Shield, Use of Schools, Medical, Religious and other Public Places for Military Purpose, Endangerment of Civilians
Victims of human rights violations, human rights workers and advocates charged with criminal offenses
submitted on Wed, 09/02/2015 - 18:14
Dear friends,
Please join us in our call to stop criminalizing human rights work and advocacy; and withdraw false criminal charges against human rights victims, human rights workers and other leaders of people’s organizations assisting victims of military atrocities in Davao and Sarangani provinces in Mindanao. We also call on the military to pull-out troops from hinterland communities as their mere presence in these communities already endangers the civilian population.
Locals who volunteered to help wounded soldiers massacred by 9th IBPA
submitted on Wed, 08/26/2015 - 10:39
UA Date : August 25, 2015
UA Case : Massacre/Extrajudicial Killing
Victim/s :
Massacre:
Adam Fajardo
JASIG CONTINUES TO BE VIOLATED NDFP Consultants Concha Araneta-Bocala and Ernesto Lorenzo arrested
submitted on Wed, 08/26/2015 - 10:33
Dear friends,
Please join us in our call to release National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultants Maria Concepcion Araneta-Bocala and Ernesto Lorenzo and for the Government of the Philippines to respect the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG) and other signed agreements with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).
AFP files trumped-up criminal case vs. Karapatan-SMR Sec.Gen, leaders of people’s orgs
submitted on Thu, 07/16/2015 - 16:25
APPEAL FOR ACTION
AFP files trumped-up criminal case vs.
Karapatan-Southern Mindanao Sec Gen and
leaders of people’s organizations
On several occasions, Karapatan–Southern Mindanao Secretary General Honey May Suazo has experienced threats, harassment, or intimidation, and surveillance in the course of her work as a human rights worker in the region.
URGENT ALERT: Women’s rights activist, former PH lawmaker barred from travelling to US
submitted on Wed, 07/15/2015 - 14:54
On July 9, 2015, at about 11:15a.m., while former Rep. Liza Maza and Dr. Efleda Bautista of People’s Surge were on their way to Gate 5 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 to board Korean Air 622 bound for the scheduled 12:20pm flight to the US, Maza was informed by the airline ground staff that she cannot board the plane and that her checked-in luggage will be off-loaded.
Appeal for Action: Pull-out military troops from peasants, indigenous communities in Mindanao
submitted on Fri, 06/26/2015 - 11:39
APPEAL FOR ACTION
CALL FOR THE IMMEDIATE PULL-OUT OF MILITARY TROOPS FROM
THE COMMUNITIES OF PEASANTS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN MINDANAO
Dear friends,
Please join us in our call for the immediate pull-out of AFP troops from the communities of peasants and indigenous peoples in Mindanao. There are at least three groups of evacuees from the provinces of Saranggani, Bukidnon and Davao del Norte. The evacuees, numbering to at least a thousand, are mostly indigenous peoples who left their homes starting May up to the present due to heavy military presence and intense combat operations in their respective communities.
69th IB-Army massacred peasant, IP leaders; 2 still missing
submitted on Fri, 06/19/2015 - 17:57
APPEAL FOR ACTION
THREE CIVILIANS MASSACRED BY 69th IB-PA, 12-YEAR-OLD CHILD WOUNDED AND WOMAN LUMAD LEADER, HUSBAND STILL MISSING
Dear Friends,
Please join us in our call to immediately surface woman Lumad leader Aida Seisa and husband Henry and justice for the killing of tribal chieftain Datu Ruben Laydan Enlog, Jr., Randy Lavarcon Carnasa, and Oligario Quimbo by elements of the “Palparan battalion” 69th Infantry Battalion- Philippine Army (IBPA). Seisa’s house was strafed on June 14 in Paquibato, Davao City.
Chronology of Events
On June 10-12, 2015, Aida Seisa, spokesperson of Paquibato District Peasant Alliance (PADIPA), led a fact-finding mission to check on reports of aerial bombings and a series of human rights violations, including military encampments of the notorious 69th (IBPA) in several communities in Sitio Quimotod, Barangay Fatima, Paquibato District. A resident of Paquibato District, Seisa is familiar with the situation of the communities, thus, she gave the participants security guidelines safety in the conduct of the mission.
Appeal for Action: Two farmers illegally arrested for murder, illegal possession of explosives
submitted on Fri, 06/12/2015 - 16:56
Dear friends,
Please join us in our call to immediately release illegally-arrested Norberto Burrico and Evelyn Flauta who were nabbed by joint forces of Special Action Force (SAF) and Criminal Investigation and Detection Group of the Philippines National Police (CIDG-PNP) in Brgy. Niogan, Lemery, Batangas.
At around 6:00 a.m. last April 23, 2015, combined forces of the SAF and CIDG of the PNP illegally arrested farmers Evelyn Flauta and Norberto Burrico, common-law couple, in their home at Brgy. Niogan, Lemery, Batangas.
