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Fritz Jay Labiano and Adrian Paul Tagle are among 91 activists and Catholic workers facing charges under anti-terror law

Groups said the arrest of Macapanpan is an example of the crackdown against rights and environmental defenders.

“These are not isolated incidents,” said Charm Maranan, Defend ST spokesperson. “These are coordinated attacks by the Philippine National Police, by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and the National Task Force to End the Local Communist Armed Conflict to disenfranchise the people from their legitimate demands.”

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL MANILA – Two months into the killing of nine activists in the Calabarzon region and still there is no progress on their case. Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan, said that two months is already too long since the Department of Justice’s Administrative Order No. 35 (AO 35) Committee has pledged to investigate the killings of the nine activists. On March 7, nine activists in four provinces of Calabarzon (Cavite-Laguna-Batangas-Rizal-Quezon) were killed in what is now known as “Bloody Sunday”. Palabay added that the families of the victims are also ex...

Published April 21, 2021, 3:57 PM Government investigators have been asked to expedite their probe on the March 7 deaths of nine activists in South Luzon provinces. A group which calls itself Defend Southern Tagalog (Defend ST) said the families of those who died during the joint police and military operations feel “threatened” by the heavy military presence in their areas. The fears, apprehensions and the plea for a swift probe were relayed to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in a dialogue held on Wednesday, April 21. “They (the families) said that every day, they fear they would be nex...