Carlo Reduta was charged with violations of Section 4 of the Anti-Terror Act, murder and frustrated murder and is currently detained at the Gumaca Munipical Police Station, according to Karapatan-Southern Tagalog.
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Human rights defender, daughter, arrested in Quezon on trumped-up charges
By JUSTIN UMALI
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – Human rights defender Genelyn Dichoso and her daughter Jennifer were arrested by suspected elements of the 201st Infantry Brigade, Philippine Army on charges of attempted homicide, in Calauag, Quezon province, April 5.
Dichoso is the secretary general of human rights group Karapatan Quezon. The group stated that Dichoso has been the victim of black propaganda and red-tagging for years before the onset of the Duterte administration.
“There is a clear and systemic pattern of vilifying human rights defenders as ‘terrorists’ or ‘subversives’ that has started even before the Duterte regime,” said Kyle Salgado, spokesperson for the group. “Tita Jen’s illegal abduction only proves that Duterte is no different f
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On 14 November 2020, Armando Buisan, coconut farmers leader and community-based defender, was shot dead by unknown assailants after receiving harassment for years in Catanauan, the Philippines. Buisan was a copra farmer and a resident of sitio Luyahan, barangay Magsaysay, General Luna, Quezon. He fought for the rights of coconut farmers in the community for almost three decades and was a well-known leader and was subjected to harassment over the years. In 2019, the military presented him alongside 39 others as a ârebel surrendereeâ in a staged ceremony in General Luna . A fact-finding mission is currently underway to investigate the details of Buisanâs murder.