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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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After over 3 weeks, remains of Baras massacre victim returned to grieving family
By JUSTIN UMALI
SANTA ROSA, Laguna – Police have finally released the remains of farmworker Vilma Salabao to her family three weeks after she and four others were killed in a joint police and military operation in Brgy. San Juan, Baras, Rizal, Dec. 17.
“Although Vilma Salabao’s remains have been released, this does not absolve the AFP [Armed Forces of the Philippines] and PNP’s [ Philippine National Police] barbarity,” a statement from human rights watchdog Karapatan – Southern Tagalog read, “Including the three-week hostaging of Salabao’s remains, the arbitrary and unnecessary prerequisites placed by the PNP and the AFP, and the gruesome murder of the five victims, this is the latest in their list of human rights violations agai
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Rights group slams military for lying about Baras massacre victims
Policemen block the paralegal team’s exit from the funeral home where Salabao’s remains are located. (Photo courtesy of Karapatan-ST)
“Is [Año] justifying the AFP [Armed Forces of the Philippines] and PNP’s [Philippine National Police] massacre of five farm workers and caretakers? The mutilated genitals and broken fingers of Jhonatan and Niño Alberga? Is he justifying how the PNP Baras and the AFP’s 2nd Infantry Division are fermenting Vilma Salabao’s remains and continued refusal to turn them over to her family after three weeks, seven requests, and superficial requirements?”