MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) should look into the supposed rescue operation conducted by the police on several members of an indigenous people’s group in an educational center in the University of San Carlos (USC), Senator Risa Hontiveros said Tuesday.
Hontiveros said the CHR should check if the police followed procedures in its supposed rescue operations on the IPs which was launched only parents of six Lumad students allegedly called for help.
While the authorities dubbed the incident as a rescue operation, videos of the scene showed the Lumad children screaming as they were being dragged out of a room.
“The University of San Carlos is a long st…
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