During the commemoration of the International Human Rights day, Bayan, along with human rights group Karapatan, led workers, urban poor, peasants and youth to call on President Benigno S. Aquino III to look into the situation in Mindanao.
They condemned the harassment and killings of environmental advocates not just in Mindanao but also in the entire country. To date, human rights group Karapatan documented 129 victims of extrajudicial killings, where 69 are farmers and 25 were indigenous peoples.
Out of this, 35 victims of extrajudicial killings are from Mindanao, whose latest victim farmerRolando Quijano, also an active member of the Alliance of Farmers Union in Zamboanga del Sur, was gunned down by suspected members of 53rd Infantry Batallion, according to data gathered by the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas.
Duazo said counterinsurgency plan Oplan Bayanihan “is easily exposed through the merciless killing of the Capion family,” a known anti-mining activist and still the unresolved murder of Fr. Fausto “Pops” Tentorio.
She also cited continuing threats against staunch supporters of communities against mining such as Sr. Stella Matutina OSB and Fr. Peter Geremia PIME.
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