A total of 78 farmers who were detained after the violent dispersal in Kidapawan last April 1 were released on bail on April 16, Saturday.
Cries from the family, relatives, close friends, and support groups filled the atmosphere right before the body of Darwin Sulang was buried.
KIDAPAWAN CITY –Unlike many Filipino families whose staple food is rice, the household of Adelina Rizardo’s source of nutrition is…
The Philippine police may have used unnecessary lethal force in breaking up a demonstration by farmers in Kidapawan City on April 1, 2016, Human Rights Watch said today.
The minute when Arnel Takyawan was able to walk with crutches, the police transferred him immediately to the City Hall gymnasium from a nearby private hospital, five days after he was shot at the ankle during the police dispersal against drought-stricken farmers last week.
The peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) demanded swift delivery of “justice” to the farmers who were killed by anti-riot police after a brutal dispersal of protesting farmers in Kidapawan City.
A senate official pinned the blame on government inaction to curb the effects of El Niño as the reason why hungry farmers barricaded Kidapawan City last week.
Senators who led a Senate inquiry here over a violent dispersal of farmers’ barricade in Kidapawan City last week said police forces should not have brought firearms during the bloody operation.
Arlyn Oti Aman, was among the thousands of farmers who went to Kidapawan City hoping they will get rice from the provincial government.
An independent fact-finding mission concluded that there was an attempt to whitewash and cover-up the violent police dispersal of farmers protest here on April 1, Friday.
