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Mindanao: Terror Continues in San Luis, Agusan del Sur

Reference: Analyn Lumawag, Deputy Secretary-General, Karapatan Caraga
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TERROR CONTINUE IN SAN LUIS

San Luis, Agusan del Sur, has a long history of people?s struggle against the incursions of foreign and local investors in the lumad ancestral domain and rich agricultural areas that lowland farmers have cultivated for generations. Since the 1950?s, during the logging boom in the region, it has been one of the most coveted territories for its rich forests and agricultural potential.

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Was ComVal Girl a Guerrilla? AFP Now Unsure

DAVAO CITY — The military on Friday appeared to have changed its position that Grecil Buya was a child combatant of the communist New People’s Army. Grecil was the nine-year-old girl from Compostela Valley who was killed during an encounter between communist rebels and soldiers on March 31 and whom the military earlier tagged as a member of the New People’s Army.

Instead, the military, which earlier said that soldiers were forced to shoot and kill Grecil because she allegedly had a firearm, now says it was not even sure whether the soldiers or the rebels shot the girl.

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Philippines: Gabriela Hits Regime for Abduction of Woman Human Rights Defender

NEWS RELEASE
13 April 2007
Reference: Rep. Liza Maza, GABRIELA Women?s Partylist (09209134540)

GWP hits regime for abduction of woman human rights defender

?This regime, true to its anti-women and violent nature, seems intent on silencing every woman who dared speak against it. Maria Luisa Posa-Dominado who was abducted last night in Panay Island has been hounded by similar threats since the 80s when she began her work as a woman activist. Now, though the administration has succeeded in abducting Luisa, her fellow women will not rest until she is released.?

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Philippines: Esperon Should Order AFP Command in Panay to Surface Abducted Activists

Anakpawis Party-List
From the Office of Rep. Crispin Beltran
He can be contacted via his cellphone number 09278711080,
or through his phone line in the Philippine Heart Center, 925-2401 loc 2432
http://masanganakpawis.blogs.friendster.com/my_blog/
Ina Alleco R. Silverio, chief of staff 931.6615, 09195065269

News Release Friday, April 13, 2007

AFP chief of staff Esperon should order AFP command in Panay to surface and release abducted activists

Anakpawis Representative and political detainee Crispin Beltran today demanded that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) local command in Panay island immediately surface and release alive and unharmed the leaders of Anakpawis Party-list they abducted yesterday. He challenged AFP chief of staff Hermogenes Esperon to surrender the officials and commanders of the AFP command in Panay and have them take account for the shooting and abduction of the activists.

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Philippines: Bayan slams Panay ambush and abduction, say no end in sight for activist killings

News Release
April 13, 2007

Bayan slams Panay ambush and abduction, say no end in sight for activist killings

The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today condemned in the strongest terms the ambush and abduction of three activists in Panay island in the Visayas.

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