Aid NGOs decry ‘Red-tagging’ of Leyte Center for Development
- Published: 30 September 2021 30 September 2021
Various Philippine non-government organizations decried “despicable acts” by elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines aimed at maligning and harassing humanitarian organization Leyte Center for Development. On 21 September, 15 people staged a ‘protest action’ in front of the LCDe’s office in Palo, Leyte, claiming that the NGO is a terrorist organization and a supporter of the ‘CPP-NPA-NDF’.
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ICC authorizes investigation of Philippines ‘drug war’ killings
- Published: 15 September 2021 15 September 2021
The International Criminal Court announced on 15 September that its Pre-Trial Chamber I has granted the ICC Prosecutor’s request to commence an investigation in relation to crimes committed in the Philippines “in the context of the so-called ‘war on drugs’ campaign” of the Duterte government.
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Revolutionary forces in Southern Mindanao are intact – CPP
- Published: 15 September 2021 15 September 2021
The Communist Party of the Philippines on 10 September denied claims by the Armed Forces of the Philippines that the revolutionary forces in Southern Mindanao is “on the brink of collapse”, declaring that “the CPP Southern Mindanao Regional Committee is intact.”
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CPP sees end to corrupt, inept Duterte regime before 2022 elections
- Published: 15 September 2021 15 September 2021
The Communist Party of the Philippines on 7 September called on the Filipino people to “take advantage of the looming political crisis” and push their democratic resistance against the corrupt, terrorist and tyrannical Duterte regime. “More and more are becoming open to the idea of ending the tyranny even before next year’s elections,” the CPP said.
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CPP, NDFP Honor Comrade Gonzalo
- Published: 15 September 2021 15 September 2021
The Communist Party of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines on 12 September issued messages expressing sympathies on the passing of Communist Party of Peru founder and leader Manuel Ruben Abimael Guzman Reynoso, who was also known as Presidente Gonzalo. He died in prison on 11 September 2021 at the age of 86.
Summary executions, aerial bombardment kill 22 revolutionary fighters
- Published: 31 August 2021 31 August 2021
A series of large-scale combat and assassination operations by the Duterte government’s security forces in the last two weeks have killed at least 22 revolutionary fighters of the New People’s Army in central and southern Philippines. On 16 August, combined elements of the Philippine Army 5th Special Forces Battalion, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and local Philippine National Police assassinated celebrated NPA fighter and visual artist John Niebres in his home in Cannery Site village, Polomolok town in South Cotabato province.
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NDFP urges probe of Eastern Samar airstrikes
- Published: 31 August 2021 31 August 2021
The Eastern Visayas Chapter of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines on 24 August called on the Philippine Commission on Human Rights to investigate “the disproportionate use of force” by units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in the airstrikes against a local unit of the New People’s Army in Dolores town, Eastern Samar province, on 16 August.