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“The situation would not have escalated into a bloody tragedy if the government had admitted their lapses and heeded the call of the farmers.”
A national fact-finding team fear a "whitewash" of the April 1 Kidapawan bloody dispersal of a peasant barricade.
“It is preposterous that a church compound – a sanctuary for many victims and those seeking the kind intervention of the Church – has been made into a military/police camp since April 1.”
"This goes to show how the people can do even more than this regime."
“The brazen human rights violation and martial law in North Cotabato is madness in the highest order.”
"It is the responsibility of the Philippine National Police to ensure their safety as they do their job as journalists."
"The United Methodist Church deplores violence of any kind, and we are praying for a just and peaceful solution that upholds the dignity and protects the human rights of all persons."
“The search warrant only adds more insult to the injury inflicted by the government to the starving farmers. Why they are being searched? They are not the violent rousers, it’s the police who started the dispersal upon the order of Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza.”
“Aquino’s unparalleled incompetence and gross negligence in addressing the prolonged drought is among the main culprit in the bloody carnage of farmers in Kidapawan.”
“The Aquino government will pay for this carnage, and it will pay dearly. The history of peasant movements of the world is nothing if not instructive."
“What kind of government do we have?”
Lumad, peasants and small-scale miners stopped traffic in downtown Davao City on March 18.
For every victim of injustice, a rights defender rises.
“The defense of human rights is a task of every person.”
"The infamous Jabidah massacre is one of the many blood debts of the Marcos dictatorship to the Moro people.”
"With 31 reported killings in 2015, the Philippines has one of the worst track records in the killing of human rights defenders (HRD) worldwide."
“We could not go home because two Army battalions have been deployed in our communities and the suspects are joining the military operations.”
“They will ‘turn aside justice’ and ‘deprive the people of their rights’ just as long as their wanton greed is fed, though not even sated.”
“What was restored 30 years ago and continues to this day are only the trappings of elite democracy – periodic elections, Congress and a Constitution that guarantees civil liberties. The people demand more than that. They demand genuine freedom and democracy that goes beyond the mere holding of elections.”
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