Another said he does not want to experience what his neighbors did: Nakakita ko sa akong uyuan nga gigunitan ug gikulata sa mga sundalo.
Other human rights abuses the children experienced are being ordered by the soldiers to gather camote for the soldiers to eat, being forced by the soldiers to get out from their house or seeing their chickens stolen and their spears and abaca destroyed. They also shared that they stayed in the forest for 5 days with no place to sleep and nothing to eat.
Children expressed how they manifest their fears: Mangurog ko kung makakita ko ng sundalo. They have a hard time sleeping at night because for fear that the soldiers might suddenly arrive.
Anoher child said even news of soldiers coming will immediately make them hide near the cliff. Some of them did not come back to their communities even if there were no soldiers anymore.
From across the different age groups, their hope is one and the same: for the military operations to stop so that they could go back to their normal way of life.
Unta mahunong ra ang gyera ug unta molambo na among pag-eskwela.
Gusto nako dili na magbalik ang mga sundalo para makabalik na mi sa among baryo.
III. On the human rights situation in Talaingod
The fact-finding mission team documented various cases of human rights violations reported to have been perpetrated by elements of the Infantry Battalion under Lt. Colonel Alexander Ambal,
Army Scout Rangers under 1Lt. Betinol and 2Lt.. Mopal, and Army Scout Rangers under the section led by 1Lt. Villanueva.
1. On the forcible displacement/forcible evacuation cases:
Based only on six sitios which were documented, the fact finding team confirmed that forcible displacement affected 183 families or a slim estimate of 1,098 individuals.
Area affected by Forcible Evacuation No. of families
Bagang 25
Damagan
50
Laslasakan
33
Basagan
36
Nalubas
29
Sasu
10
Bugni Part of affected areas but no figure was documented
More than 183 families or 1,098 individuals
