"He left the safety of our supportive and loving hometown to serve the Lumad and their struggles for self-determination and to protect their ancestral lands from mining companies."
“Is this really the mindset of the armed state agents, that they will just shoot the non-combatants? Not only shooting to disable them but shooting to kill them." - forensic expert Raquel Fortun
The University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman Office of the Chancellor Executive Staff on Monday, March 7, condemned the killing of Chad Booc, an activist and volunteer teacher for the Lumads.
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Published February 15, 2021, 5:21 PM
Various groups and netizens have called for the release of volunteer Lumad school teacher Chad Errol Booc following the operation conducted by the Police Regional Office 7 (PRO-7) inside the Talamban campus of the University of San Carlos Cebu City on Monday, Feb. 15.
(Photo from Chad Booc’s Facebook)
A total of 25 individuals, including teachers, Lumad students, and Lumad elders, were illegally arrested in the operation conducted by the PRO-7 and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
Innabuyog Gabriela Youth-University of the Philippines Baguio (IGY-UPB) chapter condemned the arrest of Booc, a volunteer teacher for ALCADEV.