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“The appalling inhumanity of the State does not end with their gruesome, extrajudicial killings: they continue to deny the remains of their victims from death to funeral while putting their families to the torturous experience and misery of having to beg on their knees for the remains of their own loved ones.”
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
MANILA – Victimized twice over.
This is how Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan described the plight of families of four individuals who were killed in what is now known as Bloody Sunday.
It took four days before police and military finally released of the remains of urban poor activists Melvin Dasigao and Mark Lee Corros Bacasno, and the Dumagat farmers Puroy Dela Cruz, and Randy Dela Cruz.
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Manny Asuncion: A worker who embraced the bigger fight for social justice
By JUSTIN UMALI
SANTA CRUZ, Laguna Activists use the term ‘ka’, short for ‘kasama’ (comrade), as a term of endearment and a sign of respect to those who willingly took on the road less travelled. For his comrades in the Southern Tagalog region, Emmanuel Asuncion was more than just ‘Ka Manny’; he was a father of struggle in Cavite.
Those who knew him will say the same: he was always full of insight. He always had something to share during meetings, and you would be hard-pressed to try and stop him.
Karapatan urges release of bodies of 4 slain in Bloody Sunday ops gmanetwork.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gmanetwork.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 7:00 am
Barely two days after Pres. Duterte’s
“shoot-to-kill” pronouncement against alleged communist
insurgents, which he made during a meeting with the National
Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict
(NTF-ELCAC), nine (9) activists were killed while six (6)
others were arrested in the joint police and military search
warrant and raid operations in Cavite, Laguna, Batangas and
Rizal, on March 7.
On that day, two Dumagat IP
farmers, Puroy Dela Cruz and Randy Dela Cruz, were among
those massacred.
According to reports, Puroy Dela Cruz
and his family were startled from their sleep at 3 am, when
a group of four armed men barged into their home and