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Groups Blame Killings on Military’s ‘Oplan Bantay Laya’

Published: May 21, 2006   |     |     |   Subscribe: RSS or Email    

Bulatlat.com photo by Aya santos Of the 603 victims of political killings in the last five years, many were felled by motorcycle-riding assasins. The Armed Forces of the Philippines claims a “purge” within the revolutionary movement is to be blamed. But human-rights groups point to death squads formed under “Oplan Bantay Laya,” the Arroyo government’s counterinsurgency program. Read Bulatlat’s report.

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