MANILA — The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the ANAKPAWIS party list group lambasted the 4th Infantry Battalion for presenting as New People?s Army members, farmers and students that they abducted yesterday morning in Barangay Apad, Quezon.
PANTUKAN, COMPOSTELA VALLEY–Compostela Valley is turning into a military garrison and the soldiers under the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) are showing their brand of fascism aiming to repress and manipulate local residents.
Niadtong Abril 27, 2007 sa buntag samtang si PAULINO ?Dodoy? TARAY, sakto ang pangidaron, minyo, usa ka mag-uuma ug lumulupyo sa Purok #4, Mabog, San Roque, Bislig City kuyog sa iyang pamilya nagpahulay sa ilang panimalay kalit nga gilibotan sa mga kasundaluhan sa 36th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army pinanguluhan ni Lt. De Leon ang ilang balay. Dayon gipangti-onan sila ug pugos nga pagawason si Paulino, kung dili kini mogawas ug mukuyog kanila istrapingon ang ilang panimalay. Dili lalim ang gibati nga kahadlok sa pamilya ni Dodoy Taray ilabina na sa iyang mga gagmay nga anak. Gidala siya sa sentro sa Sitio Mabog ug didto siya gi-imbestigar, tungod sa pag-abot sa igsoon niini nga babaye gibuhian si Dodoy Taray.
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The New People’s Army’s Conrado Heredia Command in Southern Mindanao announced over the weekend that it has in its custody an Army sergeant whom it called a “prisoner of war.” It said it is going to investigate the soldier for possible “war crimes” and human-rights violations.
DAVAO CITY — Compostela Valley Province still bears the name it earned a long time ago for what could only be blamed on the military — the Valley of Death, the human-rights group Karapatan said.
This, the group said, is a result of the continued rule of military brutality and fascism in the area under 1001st Brigade-Philippine Army (PA) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
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