SEVERAL groups have visited the Manobo communities in Talaingod, Davao del Norte to check on the reported militarization of these communities.
Rius Valle, head of the Children Rehabilitation Center, said the humanitarian mission will check on whether the deployment of more troops to the area has created an impact on the communities.
Valle said the groups will also provide medical assistance, psycosocial intervention for children and adult, and investigate cases of reported human rights abuses on civilians.
“This mission is also a way of expressing our solidarity with the Manobo and the rest of the peasant and lumad communities that have been target of military operations,” said Valle as these groups are set to return from the area on Thursday.
He said that based on the initial documentation, “things are clear that the military are targeting the civilians whom they maliciously and falsely tagged as rebels.”
This is Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) front group anti-military propaganda activity. The Children Rehabilitation Center (CRC) is a suspected CPP front and the humanitarian/fact-finding mission is a key CPP front group propaganda/disinformation tactic.
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