Day: November 20, 2017

9 peasant activists illegally arrested in Batangas

By RUTH LUMIBAO Bulatlat MANILA — Three days after President Duterte’s threats to crackdown on Leftist activists and classify the New People’s Army (NPA) as a “terrorist” group, nine peasant activists were arrested today in Batangas province. In an urgent report from the Batangas Human Rights Alliance (BHRA)-Karapatan, nine members of their quick reaction team…