Activist shot after anti-pork forum in Tagum City
A peasant organizer was shot by unidentified gunmen right after a forum on the people's initiative against "pork barrel" in Tagum City.
A peasant organizer was shot by unidentified gunmen right after a forum on the people's initiative against "pork barrel" in Tagum City.
Trianga said that government must support their call for sustainable farming so that peasants will be able to rebuild their lives.
A Thailand-based international advocacy group is urging governments belonging to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to conduct speedy investigations into cases of enforced disappearances “to bring an immediate end to enforced disappearances and ensure justice for the victims and their families.”
Militant human rights organizations have claimed that violations of civilian rights continue to happen in Mindanao that would indicate that President Benigno Aquino III did not live up to his promises of a "tuwid na daan (straight path)".
At the time of his death, Butalid was the second broadcast journalist to be killed in Tagum City since 1996.