Human Rights

NPA on the Sagay massacre: RPA, AFP and landlords did it

NPA on the Sagay massacre: RPA, AFP and landlords did it

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Oct 25, 2018

The New People’s Army (NPA) in Negros Island said the culprits in the massacre of nine farmers in Sagay City Saturday evening are “mercenaries” calling themselves the Revolutionary Proletarian Army (RPA) under the command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) Special Civilian Active Auxiliary (SCAA) unit stationed in Hacienda Mirasol, Brgy. Baterya, some 2 kilometers from the massacre site.

Casilao condemns the killing of Sagay City farm workers

Casilao condemns the killing of Sagay City farm workers

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Oct 23, 2018

A militant lawmaker condemned the killing of nine farm workers including two minors and four women in Sagay City, Negros Occidental earlier this week who he said were only asserting their rights to cultivate their lands, citing reports from farm workers’ group National Federation of Sugar Workers.