Farmer activist decries police’s ‘excessive force’ in arrest of fellow leader
A farmer leader in Compostela Valley has condemned the arrest as excessive of another farmer leader in the province.
A farmer leader in Compostela Valley has condemned the arrest as excessive of another farmer leader in the province.
Ruel Cololot, 35, admitted he once joined the New People’s Army but denied ownership or expertise in making the improvised explosive devices.
In the midst of continuing threats against their schools in Mindanao, more than a hundred displaced students of ?L?umad schools who joined the “Kampuhan” will continue their schooling in a state university in Quezon City.
The Save Our Schools Network said it was assured ?by? the Commission on Human Rights ?that it ?will investigate the reported attacks ?of Lumad schools and communities in Mindanao when CHR chairperson Chito Gascon visited them on Saturday, Aug. 5.
Northern Mindanao’s indigenous peoples (IPs) are still optimistic President Rodrigo Duterte will act on their complaints of alleged abuses perpetrated by state agents against them as they submitted a report on these violations to the Commission on Human Rights (CHR-10) in the region.