Prior to the summons, soldiers approached The Democrat's staff of the University of Nueva Caceres and 'took pictures without consent while lecturing about how activists can become members of the New People's Army'
Cristina Palabay of the human rights group Karapatan said that across the country, “visits” to family homes and letters demanding a meeting – where officers would advice the “surrender” of legal activists – have almost always preceded physical attacks.
“We support the attempt to suppress internal insurgency in the country but we should like to appeal for an action that does not intimidate and abridge the rights of the citizenry,” the student body said in a statement.on September 21, exposed what it described as harassment by Philippine Army soldiers during a rally at Plaza Rizal, Naga marking the anniversary of Martial Law, which the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos declared to remain in power beyond constitutional limits.
The publication reported that a sergeant “encouraged them to be part of the 9th Infantry Division Philippine Army and later on discussed how activism can affect the future of the youth.”The Democrat
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