Rights group seeks ‘independent’ probe on Negros ‘clash’ that killed 19

MANILA, Philippines — Rights group Karapatan called for an “independent” investigation into the anti-insurgency operation in Toboso, Negros Occidental that left 19 individuals dead, supposedly including a University of the Philippines (UP) student, a local journalist and two peasant advocates. “We want to know the truth, what really happened that day,” Karapatan Secretary-General Tinay Palabay told reporters on the sidelines of a protest outside Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Friday to condemn the incident. “We want to have a truly independent investigation into the incident because we don’t believe those 19 individuals were just killed like chickens,” she stressed. […]... Keep on reading: Rights group seeks ‘independent’ probe on Negros ‘clash’ that killed 19

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