An organization from Belgium has expressed its concern on the killings of Lumads in Mindanao and expected the government to investigate the involvement of soldiers in the killings.
Activist groups with Lumad leaders splash red paint unto themselves to show anger on the "continuing unresolved extrajudicial killings" in Mindanao during the visit of President Benigno Aquino III in Davao City on Wednesday. The groups said extrajudicial killings in the region are part of the state's anti-insurgency campaign - Oplan Bayanihan. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
A group of activists gets close to an Army truck full of soldiers while shouting "berdugo (butchers)" after a visit of President Benigno Aquino III in Davao City. The group held a protest several meters away from a school where Aquino visited to demand justice for the killings of Lumads in Mindanao. (John Rizle L. Saligumba/davaotoday.com)
Members of the Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao challenged Justice Secretary Leila de Lima and President Benigno Aquino III to immediately act on the killings of three civilians in Surigao del Sur town by militias believed to be supported by the Army.
