{"id":2480,"date":"2016-09-07T05:22:20","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T21:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panap.net\/?p=2480"},"modified":"2016-09-07T05:22:20","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T21:22:20","slug":"panap-joins-ph-peasant-groups-in-condemning-massacre-of-farmers-in-disputed-military-land","status":"publish","type":"panap_updates","link":"https:\/\/panap.net\/beta\/updates\/panap-joins-ph-peasant-groups-in-condemning-massacre-of-farmers-in-disputed-military-land\/","title":{"rendered":"PANAP joins PH peasant groups in condemning massacre of farmers in disputed military land"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PENANG, Malaysia &#8211; Regional advocacy group PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) joins Filipino peasant groups in condemning the recent killing of four farmers in a military reservation that is the subject of a land conflict.<\/p>\n<p>In a report by the Alyansa ng mga Magbubukid ng Gitnang Luzon (Alliance of Farmers in Central Luzon &#8211; AMGL), the farmers were shot and killed by unknown assailants while resting from their farm chores last Saturday afternoon, 3 September. Victims Baby Mercado, Violeta Mercado, Eligio Barbado and Gaudencio Bagalay were part of an AMGL-initiated land cultivation campaign inside Fort Magsaysay Military Reservation in Nueva Ecija province, more than 179 kilometers north of the capital, Manila.<\/p>\n<p>Another victim, Angelita Milan was injured and rushed to the hospital. Land cultivation campaign &#8211; locally called &#8220;bungkalan&#8221; &#8211; is a symbolic protest to assert land rights among Philippine farmers.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Magsaysay is a 3,100 hectare disputed land where <a href=\"http:\/\/kilusangmagbubukidngpilipinas.com\/farmers-to-dilg-dar-probe-fort-magsaysay-killings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">incidents of human rights violations<\/a>\u00a0such as displacement and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.karapatan.org\/node\/363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">killings<\/a> have been previously reported by local farmers and human rights organizations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2483\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2483\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2483\" src=\"https:\/\/panap.net\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pr-20160907-02-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panap.net\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pr-20160907-02-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/panap.net\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pr-20160907-02-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A portion of land under land cultivation campaign on lot 28, Fort Magsasay. (Photo credit: Radyo Natin Guimba facebook page)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (Philippine Peasant Movement &#8211; KMP) claims that Fort Magsaysay has been ruled for distribution since 1991 under government&#8217;s land reform program. But until today, no one of the 5,000 farmer beneficiaries was given genuine land ownership.<\/p>\n<p>A 2015 report by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalwitness.org\/en\/reports\/dangerous-ground\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Global Witness<\/a> has tagged the Philippines as one of the most dangerous places for environment and land defenders. Meanwhile, PANAP&#8217;s <a>Land &amp; Rights Watch<\/a> has monitored 48 cases of human rights violations related to land grabbing from January 2015 to August 2016.<\/p>\n<p>PANAP expressed hope that the new Philippine administration will be able to put an end to the longstanding violence and human rights abuses against landless farmers and poor rural people.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PENANG, Malaysia &#8211; Regional advocacy group PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) joins Filipino peasant groups in condemning the recent killing of four farmers in a military reservation that is the subject of a land conflict. 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