The army and police are yet to confirm the reports circulating that the Abu Sayyaf could be behind the explosion at the Roxas night market on Friday midnight. Philstar.com/File photo
Human rights group Karapatan condemned the Abu Sayyaf group (ASG) for the September 2 bombing in Davao City where at least 14 were killed and 60 more hurt.
While expressing condolences and sympathies with the families of the bombing victims and with the people of Davao in these trying times, Karapatan called on government to make the perpetrators of the bombing accountable.
Cristina Palabay, speaking in behalf of the human rights group, is specifically calling President Rodrigo Duterte to probe the role of the military and the US government in the attack.
“Historically, Abu Sayyaf group and their acts have always been supported by the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the US government, both had a hand in the creation of the said group,” Palabay said.
“Time and again, bombings and the ‘terrorist’ bogey have been used to create situations of chaos, to justify gross human rights violations by the US and Philippine governments and the military, and to justify increased US military intervention and presence in the country,” she added.
Karapatan is also worried over the declaration of a state of lawlessness.
Questioning the operational guidelines on the apprehension of individuals in checkpoints, Palabay said: “Why is the war on drugs included as basis for the declaration?” What is being done to investigate the role of the AFP and the US in the said acts, given their relationship with the ASG?”
She also warned against indiscriminate and warrantless arrests, torture, illegal detention and far graver abuses of people's rights, including the rights of Moro people who have always been considered “collateral damage” in the past administrations.
http://www.philstar.com/nation/2016/09/03/1620090/human-rights-group-condemns-abu-sayyaf-alleged-link-davao-bombing
The commies have wasted little time in attempting to shift the blame for the bombing on to the Philippine military and the United States.
ReplyDeleteKARAPATAN (Alliance for the Advancement of People's Rights) is the main Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) umbrella human rights front in the Philippines. This kind of commie disinformation activity is nothing new. KARAPATAN routinely engages in anti-military and anti-US propaganda. Wild accusations are a normal part this groups propaganda/disinformaton operations.
It has long been a commie propaganda theme that the US and Philippine military have historically been behind the Abu Sayyaf and many of the bomb attacks carried out in the southern Philippines even though these accusations lack any credible supporting evidence.
KARAPATAN and other CPP fronts often cite the case of Michael Meiring, a reclusive/eccentric American treasure hunter who blew himself up in a Davao hotel room in 2002. The commies falsely claim that Meiring was a CIA agent who was behind many of the Mindanao bombing incidents.