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“Is this really the mindset of the armed state agents, that they will just shoot the non-combatants? Not only shooting to disable them but shooting to kill them." - forensic expert Raquel Fortun
The University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman Office of the Chancellor Executive Staff on Monday, March 7, condemned the killing of Chad Booc, an activist and volunteer teacher for the Lumads.
“Through the years of continuous harassment and intimidation, castigation and arrest, they had continued on this road less travelled by – to teach and learn with the masses, to believe in justice and education for all,” said the statement from the UPD Office of the Chancellor Executive Staff led by Chancellor Fidel Nemezo and composed of vice chancellors, university registrar and director of the UPD Information Office.
"We hope the current electoral hopefuls walk their talk of environmental and climate concern by standing with our embattled defenders. We should call out the worsening violence they face and demand accountability from the outgoing public authorities."
The Commission on Human Rights has urged concerned government agencies and other parties to cooperate in its investigation into the death of two lumad teachers and three others in Davao de Oro last month.