Two activists in the province of Cagayan are the latest reported victims of enforced disappearance attributed by human rights groups to state security forces. READ:
BAGUIO, Philippines – Two activists in the province of Cagayan are the latest reported victims of enforced disappearance attributed by human rights groups to state security forces.
“Friends and former colleagues are concerned for their safety under the hands of the Armed Forces of the Philippines that declares it will crush the revolutionary movement in the northeastern part of Luzon by all means. We wish to remind the AFP even wars have rules of engagement,” the group said. Soldiers under the 501IB have been conducting an offensive against the New People’s Army in Cagayan since February. According to the military, their operations haveGovernment troops also confiscated 36 firearms, which includeBarangay Cabiraoan in Gonzaga, Cagayan, on May 18.
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