DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/15 January)—Accusations of harassment and other abuses against civilians and groups suspected of supporting the underground movement greeted the initial deployment of the Army’s so-called peace and development teams implementing the Bayanihan counterinsurgency campaign in Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley. One of the groups that complained of harassment was Sildap, a nongovernment [...]

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 Dec) – Militant groups here said they are happy over the decision to release the Morong 43 but said President Aquino should not only release the health workers, but also all political prisoners languishing for years in different jails throughout the country. “We consider this the fruit of the just struggle for [...]

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/16 Nov) —The human rights group Karapatan is demanding the release of a 23-year-old relative of one of its Davao volunteers taken in the custody of the Philippine Army and presented as one of the surrenderees from El Salvador, New Corella town,  Davao del Norte. Hanimay Suazo, acting deputy secretary-general of Karapatan Southern [...]

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/28 October) – The New York-based Human Rights Watch has asked the Aquino administration to protect a whistleblower-soldier who will testify tomorrow (October 29)  on the  murder ten years ago of six young men in Trento, Agusan del Sur, allegedly by soldiers. In a press statement issued today, HRW, said former Sgt. Esequias [...]