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BAKWITS. Human rights group Karapatan on Monday announces that around 420 families from Barangays Siagao and Bolhoon have evacuated to Tina Elementary School and San Miguel Municipal Gym in Surigao del Sur. (Contributed photo by Karapatan CARAGA)

Bakwits in Surigao Sur swell to 2,000 as Army ops continue

The number of families evacuating from the towns of Lianga, San Agustin, San Miguel, and Tago in Surigao del Sur continue to rise as the Army continues with its military operations against the New People's Army.

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Tribal leaders and farmers demand the government to pull out the military troops from their community. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

IP leader, residents claim Army arrested civilians in Bukidnon

A tribal Matigsalug farmer and leader of a local organization in Kitaotao, Bukidnon alleges the Army of having a list of 67 individuals to be arrested, including him, after arresting 13 others last week.

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Read more about the article HR group tags Army in killing of tribal school exec in Surigao del Sur
Samarca was last seen tied around the neck and extremities, neck was slit open and with a stab wound in his left side in one of the classrooms of ALCADEV. (Photo from Karapatan sa Caraga facebook account)

HR group tags Army in killing of tribal school exec in Surigao del Sur

A human rights group here has tagged the military as behind the killing of the executive director of Lumad school in Surigao, and described it as part of a serial killing of those managing the tribal schools elsewhere.

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