MANILA, Philippines — Left-leaning organizations have denounced the alleged rescue operations for Lumad students in Cebu City, saying the police’s actions have caused stress upon evacuees.
Rights group Karapatan said the term “rescue operation” negates what a cellphone video footage has shown, asserting the procedure used by the Philippine National Police-Region 7 (PNP-Region 7) “involved force and coercion.”
“What kind of rescue operation involved force and coercion by uniformed elements like the PNP, knowing that these students were victims of forced evacuation amid military and paramilitary operations in their indigenous people’s community in Talaingod, Davao del Norte?” Karap…
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