Over 50 activists were arrested on Friday, Labor Day with government forces supposedly using the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) due to COVID-19 as an excuse, a labor group claimed. | gabriellaluinq
According to KMU, 42 activists in Iloilo City who were protesting the killing of Bayan Muna Iloilo coordinator Jory Porquia were nabbed by police officers. Another 10 persons who were part of a relief operation in Marikina City were detained after they distributed food packs in celebration of Labor Day.
“The police have also tried systematically to intimidate the members and leaders of people’s rights groups. On the eve of May 1, police vehicles were spotted on surveillance outside the KMU headquarters in Quezon City,” Labog said.
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