National Federation of Small Fisherfolk Organizations in the Philippines
“We renew our call for justice for our fallen colleagues who were ruthlessly killed with impunity under the Duterte regime. Our organization has been the constant target of state forces as a reprisal for advancing the fishing rights and opposing the Duterte government’s policies that kill and starve the people,” Fernando Hicap, PAMALAKAYA national chairperson said.
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Manila, Philippines – “This may be Duterte’s ultimate nightmare yet a welcome development for the Filipinos seeking justice and accountability from his terror reign. The ICC full probe is a critical step towards recovering the many counts of the Duterte regime’s high crimes against humanity that stemmed from the bloody war on drugs among other state policies that fuel grave human rights abuses,” according to the militant fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) on Thursday, welcoming the International Criminal Court’s full investigation into the extrajudicial killings under President Rodrigo Duterte.
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“While it may be an ultimate nightmare for Mr. Duterte, for Filipinos and human rights defenders, it is a critical step towards recovering many counts of Duterte’s crimes against humanity that stemmed from his bloody war on drugs among other policies that fuel grave human rights abuses. The ICC investigation on Duterte’s human rights violations only covers the tip of the iceberg, as scores of high crimes including political killings remain unreported before the international court.
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“Who else are capable of carrying out such heinous crime while the province would be implementing in a moment the ECQ? Looking into the police’s involvement on the region-wide execution of activists two weeks ago, it is without a doubt that they were also complicit with the killing of Miguel,” PAMALAKAYA said in a statement issued to media outfits.
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PAMALAKAYA doesn’t trust the DOJ probe on ‘Bloody Sunday’ Manila, Philippines – “We’ve heard this script before, but we never[…]
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PAMALAKAYA said the fisherfolk couple Chai Lemita-Evangelista and Ariel Evangelista were both members of Ugnayan ng Mamamayan Laban sa Pagwawasak ng Kalikasan at Kalupaan (UMALPAS KA), a local environmental organization in Nasugbu, Batangas. The Evangelistas were active in the long-standing campaign against coastal and land-grabbing by private developers within the 8,650-hectare Hacienda Looc in Nasugbu.
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