MANILA, Philippines — Human rights advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on the Philippine government to free the “lumad” (Indigenous Peoples) students and teachers, who were arrested after an alleged “rescue operation” by the Police Regional Office – 7 (PRO-7) in Cebu.
“Philippine authorities should stop harassing Indigenous Peoples with baseless allegations. They should release those wrongfully arrested in the raid and ensure the children are reunited with their families,” Carlos Conde, a senior researcher of the New York-based rights group’s Asian Division, said in a statement.
Conde said the raid is just the latest in a “string of …
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