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6 farmers arrested for harvesting own crops, hundreds others evicted due to land grabbing
Demolition in Norzagaray, Bulacan (Photo courtesy of KMP)
“The situation of Filipino peasants when they marched from Central Luzon to Mendiola in 1987 remains unchanged, and even worse this 2021, especially with the rising cases of peasant massacres and mass killings under the Duterte administration.” – KMP
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
MANILA – Peasant groups condemned the arrest of six farmers in Norzagaray, Bulacan after harvesting their own crops, and the series of eviction of farmers in Bataan, Laguna, Cavite, Bulacan and Iloilo.