Tag: "bukidnon harassment"
Masked men harassed Bukidnon indigenous people and youth activists
Bukidnon, Philippines - On Monday, eight masked men on motorcycles harassed indigenous people and youth activists who were protesting human rights violations, at the grounds of the Bukidnon provincial capitol.
Photos taken by the activists were posted on Facebook the next day showing two of the men riding in tandem on a motorcycle, the driver clad in camouflage shorts and an olive drab sweater; back-rider wore a camouflage shirt and pointed at student activists with what witnesses claimed was a taser (electric shock device) and left immediately then.
A joint statement from the League of Filipino Students-Lanao, the Students' Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights-IIT, Liga ng Kabataang Moro-Lanao and Bayan Muna Youth-Bukidnon said the masked men “halted in front of us, pulled out our sound system, destroyed its amplifier, snatched our streamers and tarpaulins.
