“We are the victims and survivors yet we are the ones being accused and slapped with cases.” – Rene Manlangit, chairperson of NFSW in Barbara, Sagay
‘For the truth to come out,’ CHR offers sanctuary to witnesses of Sagay massacre
Tags: peasant killings
Sagay massacre: A matter of social justice
The telenovela spin of state security forces never erases the fact that the Sagay massacre is yet another proof of the failure of government to render social justice to the tillers of the land.
Soldiers harass mission probing rights abuses in Mindanao
“We came here for a very urgent reason, we came here to verify mounting reports of rights abuse against peasant and Lumad communities perpetrated allegedly by military elements. No wonder the military people do not want us here.”