KAWAGIB, the Moro human rights group, commemorated the 109th
anniversary of the Bud Dajo Massacre yesterday.
Bai Ali Indayla, secretary general of Kagawib, said that “in
commemoration of the Bud Dajo massacre, we pay tribute to the martyrs of the
Moro struggle for self-determination.”
Based on the reports, around 1,600 Tausugs, including women,
children, and elderly were massacred by the US
The report added that the United States
Kawagib also condemns the counterinsurgency program of the
government which is “all-out offensive” against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom
Fighters.
Indayla claimed that the underlying reasons of the ongoing
US War on Terror and the recent all-out offensives in Central Mindanao is not
aimed at ending terrorism but justifying the presences of the US troops and its
unjust war to control the remaining resources in the Moro ancestral domain.
“We condemn and hold the US-Aquino regime accountable for
the massive human rights violations of the Moro civilians and for perpetrating
historical social injustices against Moro people,” Indayla said. “No to all-out
war. Pursue just and Lasting peace.”
The Moro group also conducted an indignation rally at the
Freedom park yesterday afternoon.
Meanwhile, the Kawagib along with the Bayan and the United
Church of Christ in the Philippines-Davao launched the ‘Rice for Peace-Food not
Bomb,’ a relief and fact-finding missions for the victims of wars in Central Mindanao .
BP. Hamuel Tequis of UCCP-Davao said they aim to provide
immediate food, medical and psychological aid to the evacuees; gather
information about the militarization, present the current situation in Central
Mindanao for public information; and call for an end to the indiscriminate
militarization in Central Mindanao .
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Kawagib (means "Rights" in Maguindanaoan) is a Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)-associated human rights front focused on Moro-related issues. The group is one of a handful of Moro-based communist front organizations. Others are the Moro-Christian People's Alliance (MCPA), Suara Bangsamoro (Voice of the Moro People), Liga ng Kabataan Moro (League of Moro Youth), and Khadidja [a women's group affiliated with the main CPP women's front the General Assembly Binding Women for Reform, Integrity, Equality, Leadership, and Action (GABRIELA)].
ReplyDeleteThe group BAYAN (Bagong Alyansang Makabayan--New Patriotic Alliance) also mentioned in the article in association with KAWAGIB, is the main CPP multisectoral umbrella front organization in the Philippines.
Nowadays, it seems that is mainly the commie Moro front groups that raise the issue of the so called Bud Dahu and Bud Bagsak massacres involving US colonial forces as part of their overall effort to discredit the US/US military.
The theme/message mentioned above that the US wants to control "the remaining resources in the Moro ancestral domain" is a recurring one in CPP anti-US propaganda.