Northern Mindanao’s crime incidence went down significantly in a span of six months this year, the Philippine? National Police-10 (PNP-10) said.
Detained church workers and rights activists were released ?on bail after ?their ?arrest on the evening of July 4? in General Santos City ?while holding an organizational consultation on peasant and ?tribal issues?.
Contrary to the claim of the Philippine National Police, human rights group Karapatan said, on Friday, that the case of the strip-search that took place in Makati City was not an isolated case as similar incidents happened involving state forces and agents in various parts of the country.
Davao Today accompanied the Save our Schools Network when it conducted a national fact-finding mission comprised of various rights groups on July 27 to 30 at Barangay Basak, Lebak to investigate the incidents of harassment, and encampment of Lumad schools and communities by government troops in the province.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines in Southern Mindanao Region condemned the continued “false arrests,” detentions and killings of civilians in Southern Mindanao by the Armed Forces of the Philippines under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.