9 dead as police crackdown vs activists in Southern Tagalog
Updated Mar 8, 2021 5:08:00 PM
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endIndex: Fishers group PAMALAKAYA, Anakpawis, and peasant groups gather at the Commission on Human Rights to condemn the deadly crackdown in Southern Tagalog. The Sunday bloody carnage killed known activist leaders, and arrested many other progressives.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 8) The Philippine National Police reported that nine people were killed in separate operations in Calabarzon provinces on Sunday. At least seven of the dead were identified by human rights group Karapatan as members of progressive and indigenous groups.
The crackdown took place two days after President Rodrigo Duterte said he told the military and police who encounter armed communist rebels to make sure they kill them.
Malacañang vows probe on deaths of activists in Calabarzon
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 8) Malacañang assured the public an investigation is underway on the deaths of activists in the Southern Tagalog region, but maintained that President Rodrigo Duterte s order to shoot and kill armed rebels is legal.
In his briefing on Monday, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the government is obligated to probe the killings, which happened during simultaneous police operations in Calabarzon over the weekend. Ang siyam na napatay, iimbestigahan po natin yan dahil hindi po sila sakop ng IHL (International Humanitarian Law) dahil noong sila ay napatay wala naman silang hawak na baril, he said.