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News Release "CHR and DSWD should know the facts instead of making erroneous and distressing statements. The protesting mothers in Cadiz had no choice but to leave their homes because of threats on their lives following the arrest of their husbands allegedly because of illegal logging. Their families were displaced and their source of livelihood consequently taken away from them. It was a protest borne out of the need to survive," said Emmi de Jesus, GABRIELA secretary general.
According to Rina Amacio,
coordinator of GABRIELA-Negros, the women |
The women's group said that
the mothers, especially the woman whose child died of illness at the
picket line, are in enough agony. The group added that it is the duties
and responsibilities of the CHR and DSWD to provide immediate help to
these distraught families.
"Rather than releasing
insensitive statements to the media with threats of criminal charges that
only cause further anguish to these women, CHR and DSWD would do well to
perform their obligation of providing temporary shelter, food and medicine
for these displaced families. Moreover, these government agencies should
investigate and immediately resolve the human rights violation committed
to these women's husbands," de Jesus added.
GABRIELA National, in
coordination with its local chapter in Negros, is currently gathering
financial and material support for the 13 women and 66 children currently
staying in the camp center in Cadiz City Peoples Park.### |
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