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Statement of solidarity from the people of faith in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand

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“But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” Amos 5:24

JUSTICE FOR FR. FAUSTO TENTORIO! JUSTICE FOR ALL VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS!

We, leaders and members of the clergy and church-based justice and peace advocacy programmes in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, are greatly shocked and saddened over the news that Italian missionary Fr. Fausto Tentorio of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Mission (PIME) was brutally shot dead on 17th October in Arakan Valley, North Cotabato, Philippines.

We echo the cries for justice. We call for fast, full and fair investigation of this terrible crime. According to his co-workers, Fr. Tentorio’s killing could have been related to his staunch opposition to large-scale mining in the province. He was gunned down just a week after the Philippine president reportedly approved a military proposal to allow mining firms to organise and fund militias to beef up their security.

We are further disturbed by other reported incidents of anti-mining indigenous community leaders and church workers, including Rabenio Sungit, indigenous leader of the Pelaw’an tribe and active lay leader of the Taguao Outreach Congregation of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) who was gunned down on 5th September. We therefore support the Filipino people’s appeals for President Benigno Simeon Aquino III to:

1. Dismantle the militias that have threatened the life of Fr. Tenorio since 2003 and claimed lives of several anti-mining indigenous peoples and human rights advocates since the Marcos dictatorship.

2. Scrap the Mining Act of 1995 and immediately cancel mining permits for big foreign mining firms that have been encroaching on indigenous people’s ancestral domain, destroying the environment and livelihood sources, displacing hundreds of families and disregarding their basic human rights.

In his 30 years of mission among indigenous people, poor peasants and other disadvantaged sectors in Mindanao, Fr. Tentorio lived out true Christian discipleship. Witnessing injustice, poverty and rampant government neglect, he joined them in their fight to defend ancestral domain while setting up education and health programmes for the poor.

We fervently pray for courage and blessings for our sisters and brothers in the Philippine churches who commit to carry on Fr. Tentorio’s advocacy against destructive mining and his various ministries for the poor despite the threats of persecution.

Most Rev. Patrick Dunn
Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand

Rev. Desmond Cooper
President of the Methodist Church of New Zealand

Most Rev. Peter J Cullinane
Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand

Rev. John H Roberts
President Elect, Methodist Church of New Zealand

Fr. Claude Mostowik, MSC
Director, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Justice and Peace Centre
(Australian Province), President, Pax Christi Australia

Rev. Stuart Vogel
Asian Ministries Committee, Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand

Marion Harper
Honorauble Secretary, Melbourne Unitarian Peace Memorial Church, Australia

Fr. Chris Sullivan
Coordinator, St Marks/Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Justice and
Peace Group, New Zealand

Gillian Southey
Campaigns Coordinator, Christian World Service, New Zealand

Rev. Brian Turner
Methodist Church of New Zealand

Michael Yore
Director Mission and Justice, Good Shepherd Australia, New Zealand

Sister Pamela Molony RGS
Sister Caroline Price RGS
Sister Anne Manning RGS
Sister Jan Ryan RGS
Sister Joan Murphy RGS

Rhonda Cumberland
CEO, Good Shepherd Australia, New Zealand

Emma Davey
Community Engagement Manager, Good Shepherd Australia, New Zealand

Michaela Guthridge
Justice Development Manager,Good Shepherd Australia, New Zealand

Michael Kane
Finance Manager, Good Shepherd Australia, New Zealand

Wayne Gorst
Business Manager, Good Shepherd Australia, New Zealand

Call for justice for Fr. Fausto Tentorio, PIME, and to end Oplan Bayanihan

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Call for justice for Fr. Fausto Tentorio, PIME, and to end Oplan Bayanihan

Dear friends,

Greetings from the Philippines!

I am Cristina Palabay of Tanggol Bayi (Defend Women-Association of Women Human Rights Defenders in the Philippines), a member organization of Karapatan and the newly formed network End Impunity Alliance. I am writing to you with a heavy heart to inform you of the recent extrajudicial killing of Fr. Fausto Tentorio, an Italian priest and missionary who is well-loved and respected by the indigenous peoples and rural folks in Mindanao because of his advocacy and support of people’s rights and his support for their campaign against corporate mining in the province.

I am forwarding below a copy of the Urgent Action alert of Karapatan on the case for your information and for possible actions which we can jointly undertake regarding this. Fr. Tentorio is the 54th victim of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines under the new President Benigno Aquino III.  Your support on the advocacy for justice for human rights violations in the Philippines has been an important part of the efforts to raise the awareness of the international community such violations in the country during the past years and we hope this will continue as the climate of impunity remains as pervasive as ever. Please also find attached the invitation from the organizers of the Justice for Fr. Pops Movement initiated by friends and colleagues of Fr. Pops and partners of Karapatan and Tanggol Bayi. Thank you very much.

Best regards,
Cristina
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Italian priest and missionary assassinated in Arakan Valley, North Cotabato, Mindanao, Philippines
UA No: 2011-10-02 October 19, 2011
UA Case: Assassination
Victim/s: Fr. FAUSTO “Pops” TENTORIO, 59 years old, Italian

·Member of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME)
·Parish priest of Mother of Perpetual Help Parish, Arakan Valley, North Cotabato
·Head of Tri-Farmers Community Program for Development, Inc (TFCPDI)
·Convenor, Tinananon-Kulamanon Lumadnong Panaghiusa (TIKULPA)
·Consultant, Apo Sandawa Lumadnong Panaghiusa sa Cotabato (ASLPC)
·Treasurer and Board Director, Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation, Inc. (MISFI)
·Member of Coordinating Body, Rural Missionaries of the Philippines – Southern Mindanao Region (RMP-SMR)
·Member, Sowing the Seeds of Peace

Place of Incident: Mother of Perpetual Help Parish, Arakan Valley, North Cotabato, Arakan Valley, North Cotabato Province

Date of Incident: October 17, 2011

Alleged Perpetrator(s): An unidentified gunman and an accomplice motorcycle driver believed to be agents of the State

Account of the Incident:

On October 17, 2011 at about 7:30 in the morningFr. Fausto “Pops” Tentorio, PIME, 59 years old, Italian, parish priest of Mother of Perpetual Help Parish in Arakan Valley, North Cotabato Province was shot dead within the compound of the church as he was about to board his Suzuki gray vehicle. Fr. Pops was supposed to be on his way for a clergy meeting in Kidapawan City.

A female a staff of the church narrated that, while she was taking out the garbage, she passed by the garage where the vehicle was parked, and saw Fr. Pops’ body slumped on the ground. She immediately called for help from other church staff, when she saw Fr. Pops bloodied. The staff has not seen any suspicious looking people near the crime site, and did not hear any gunshots at that time. Other church colleagues responded and brought Fr. Pops to Antipas Medical Specialist Hospital but he was declared dead on arrival.

Arakan Councilor Leonardo Reovoca, also a former church worker narrated that he saw a person wearing a helmet ran from the Parish compound garage towards the main road then rode off with another suspect waiting on a blue XRM motorcycle . When the incident occured, Councilor Reovoca was outside the premises of the Arakan Central Elementary School which was located just right across the parish. However, he could not identify the assassin. He also said that there were two (2) army soldiers wearing complete uniform and in full battle gear, believed to be members of 5^th Special Forces (SF) of Philippine Army (PA), who were near the vicinity of the incident, yet none of them responded. During that day, there was an Oplan Bayanihan activity conducted by the military inside the school as the military vehicle was parked in its premises.

The parish has one (1) main gate but the compound doesn’t have a fence, and is easily accessible to other people.

Fr. Pops sustained multiple gunshot wounds in his head and chest.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) in Arakan Station responded at around 8:20 in the morning and conducted initial investigation . Based on their initial reports, Fr. Pops was shot at about 3 feet away . The PNP also said they found seven (7) empty shells of a 9mm caliber, and that the Italian priest had 8 gunshot wounds in the body. The fatal shot was on his head, which entered the rear of his left ear and exited at the back of the skull on the left side. Fr. Pops also had gunshot wounds on the left side of his body; presumably the assailant shot Fr. Pops on his left side as he was about to board his vehicle.

The night before the incident, some of the staff observed the incessant barking of dogs within the compound of the Parish, but they didn’t mind it. A few days prior to the incident, a female parish staff noticed fish vendors unusually frequenting the parish. She also recalled that sometime in January to August this year, an unidentified man had shown up at the parish and would always look for Fr. Pops about six times (6x) consecutively at around 12 noon to 2:00 in the afternoon and asking about the priest’s whereabouts.

One of the staff recounted that on 2007 while Fr. Pops was facilitating a dental mission being held in the Parish, a number of military men from the 57^th Infantry Battalion Philippine Army raided the compound and alleged that there were firearms hidden in the office of the parish. But Fr. Pops denied the allegations saying it was impossible. Fr. Pops and his staff reported the incident immediately to the police.

Fr. Pops had also received death threats because of his active pastoral role with the tri-people communities of lumad, Muslims and Christians. His advocacy on lumads and peasant struggle for land, environment and human rights was reflective of his commitment to serve the disadvantaged and oppressed. On October 6-7, 2003, Fr. Pops survived a manhunt from a paramilitary group called “Bagani”, which was allegedly organized by 73^rd Infantry Battalion to fight the New People’s Army when he went to a remote village in Kitaotao, Bukidnon where the priest was supposed to conduct missionary work. The leaders of ‘Baganis’ are also known in facilitating for the encroachment of ‘development projects’ such as agribusiness monocrop plantations and mining in ancestral domains. This was the first attempt against his life as a foreign missionary.

Fr. Pops arrived in the Philippines in 1978 and his first assignment was in Ayala, Archdiocese of Zamboanga City from 1978-80. In 1980-85, he was assigned at the Diocese of Kidapawan and was stationed as Mission Administrator in the Parish of Columbio, Sultan Kudarat which was serving the Lumads, Muslims and Christian settlers. In 1985, he was then transferred to the mission station in Arakan where he stayed until his last breath. In 2003, he organized the tribal organization called the Tinananon-Kulamanon Lumadnong Panaghiusa or TIKULPA.

Fr. Pops is the third Italian PIME priest who was gunned down in Mindanao, and the second in the Diocese of Kidapawan.#

Recommended Action:

Send letters, emails or fax messages calling for:

1.The immediate formation of an independent fact-finding and investigation team composed of representatives from human rights groups, the Church, local government, and the Commission on Human Rights that will look into the assassination of Fr. Fausto Tentorio.

2.The military to stop the labeling and targeting of human rights defenders as “members of front organizations of the communists” and “enemies of the state.”

3.The Philippine Government to withdraw its counterinsurgency program Oplan Bayanihan, which victimizes innnocent and unarmed civilians

4.The immediate dismantling of paramilitary groups such as the “Bagani”

5.The Philippine Government to be reminded that it is a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and that it is also a party to all the major Human Rights instruments, thus it is bound to observe all of these instruments’ provisions.

You may send your communications to:

H.E. Benigno C. Aquino III
President of the Republic
Malacañang Palace,
JP Laurel St., San Miguel
Manila Philippines
Voice:             (+632) 564 1451  to 80
Fax: (+632) 742-1641 / 929-3968
E-mail:corres@op.gov.ph /opnet@ops.gov.ph

Sec. Teresita Quintos-Deles
Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process
Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP)
7th Floor Agustin Building I
Emerald Avenue
Pasig City 1605
Voice:            +63 (2) 636 0701 to 066
Fax:+63 (2) 638 2216
osec@opapp.gov.ph

Ret. Lt. Gen. Voltaire T. Gazmin
Secretary, Department of National Defense
Room 301 DND Building, Camp Emilio Aguinaldo,
E. de los Santos Avenue, Quezon City
Voice:            +63(2) 911-9281/ 911-0488
Fax:+63(2) 911 6213
Email:osnd@philonline.com

Atty. Leila De Lima
Secretary, Department of Justice
Padre Faura St., Manila
Direct Line 521-8344; 5213721
Trunkline  523-84-81 loc.214
Fax: (+632) 521-1614
Email: soj@doj.gov.ph

Hon. Loretta Ann P. Rosales
Chairperson, Commission on Human Rights
SAAC Bldg., UP Complex
Commonwealth Avenue
Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
Voice:             (+632) 928-5655/ 926-6188
Fax: (+632) 929 0102
Email:<mailto:coco.chrp@gmail.com>chair.rosales.chr@gmail.com lorettann@gmail.com

Please send us a copy of your email/mail/fax to the above-named government officials, to our address below.

PRESS RELEASE

October 17, 2011

Reference:        Cristina Palabay, Convenor, End Impunity Alliance             (+63917-5003879)
Angge Santos, Media Liaison, End Impunity Alliance             (+63915-2117610)

HUMAN RIGHTS ALLIANCE CONDEMNS RECENT KILLING OF ITALIAN PRIEST IN NORTH COTABATO

The human rights network End Impunity Alliance today condemned the most recent killing of Italian priest Fr. Fausto Tentorio, PIME, parish priest of Arakan Valley in North Cotabato and a known advocate of the rights of lumads and farmers in the province.

According to initial news reports, Fr. Tentorio, who had been serving Mindanao since 1978 and was head of the Tribal Filipinos Apostolate of the Diocese of Kidapawan, was gunned down at around 8:30 Monday morning just as he was preparing to leave his convent in Arakan Valley, North Cotabato, for the 9 a.m. clergy meeting in Kidapawan City.

“We extend our deepest condolences for the love ones of Fr. Tentorio and for all the people whose lives were touched by him. We condemn in highest terms the recent killing of a beloved, committed and pro-poor priest who has served our poor kababayans in Mindanao, despite several threats to his life. His public position against big corporate mining in the province and his advocacy for the rights of farmers and indigenous peoples is a testament to his selflessness,” Cristina Palabay, End Impunity Alliance convenor, said.

Fr. Tentorio was acompatriot of Fr. Tulio Favali, who was murderd in 1985 in Tulunan town by the vigilante group Ilaga, led by Norberto Manero. Fr. Tentorio experienced a near-death experience on October 6, 2003 during one of his visits to the Lumads of Kitaotao, Bukidnon, portions of which are part of the parish of Arakan, where he had organized the tribal organization called the Tinananon-Kulamanon Lumadnong Panaghiusa or TIKULPA.

Fr. Tentorio’s killing came after the declaration ofMajor General Jorge Segovia, 10th Infantry Division commander, that Southern Mindanao is the new epicenter of the New People’s Army.

“Justice should be immediately rendered for Fr. Tentorio and all victims of summary executions. Such climate of impunity exists to this day, thus victimizing anti-mining advocates such as Fr. Tentorio because of the non-prosecution of those accountable for the previous cases of human rights violations and the existing counter-insurgency plan Oplan Bayamihan of the Aquino administration,” Palabay said.

— Cristina “Tinay” Ellazar Palabay
Convenor, Tanggol Bayi
Focal Person, Women In Politics Programme, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development
Email: noztalzia2@gmail.com
Mobile number: +639175003879

Church wants end to extrajudicial killings in PH

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by Dheza Marie Aguilar, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau/AMSTERDAM -The newly-founded Filipino Parish Council Netherlands (FPCNL) urged the Aquino government to stop the extrajudicial killings of members of the church.
The call was made by Rev. Father Cesar Taguba, chairperson of FPCNL during the memorial mass for murdered Bishop Alberto Ramento held in the Old Catholic Church in Amsterdam.

According to Taguba, at least 30 church workers and leaders had been killed from January 2001 to October 2011, most of them members of the United Methodist Church, Philippine Independent Church and United Church of the Christ in the Philippines.

He said one of the victims is Bishop Ramento, former Obispo Maximo of Iglesia Filipina Independiente and staunch critic of former President and now Pampanga 2nd District Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Ramento was stabbed to death in his rectory in Tarlac on September 2, 2006. The police ruled the incident as robbery with homicide.

The most recent victim of these killings against religious groups is Italian priest Fr. Fausto Tentorio in North Cotobato.

“Investigate yung mga kaso, there are lots of documentation naman and it can stand in court. Let’s make use of our legal system to bring about justice and put a stop to this whole question of impurity,” said Taguba citing the report of United Nations’ human rights lawyer Philip Alston.

Taguba said that most of the killings were politically motivated because of the church involvement in the campaign for labor rights and anti-poverty drive.

“The worst is still to come. Sadly akala namin mahihinto na yung killings at the end of Arroyo government, pero, it seemed na yung patakaran which caused the death of many (church members) is still intact,“ said Taguba in an interview with Balitang Europe.

In June 2011, UCCP filed charges against Arroyo at the Quezon City Regional Trial Court for the alleged extra judicial killings during her administration. Taguba hopes that this will pave the way for justice for the killed church members.

In his book Catholicity in Times of Globalization, Rev. Father Dr. Peter Ben Smit of the Old Catholic Church Amsterdam discussed Ramento’s case and the challenges that church workers face in the modern Catholic world. Smit worked with Iglesia Filipina Independiente (Philippine Independence Church) in Pampanga and personally witnessed several death threats to his colleagues.

“There is clearly a danger to those church members who do not have protection and are not afraid to speak out. From what I’ve seen and heard of, for example the children of priests are being sent text messages, we will kill your father or your father is dead. These caused a lot of stress to the children. Men and women receive direct death threats by text message, by email or by having bullets sent to their homes in an envelope, you will be next.”

Smit also said that if the government wants to maintain the support of its citizens, they should investigate and prosecute the perpetrators in a transparent way.#

AFP’s insistence on SCAA to protect mining corporations negates Oplan Bayanihan’s “people-centered” slogan

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The Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) refusal to stop using Special Civilian Armed Auxilliary (SCAA) to protect the interests of mining corporations demonstrates the AFP’s connivance with corporations that plunder the country’s mineral resources,” said Jigs Clamor, Deputy Secretary General of Karapatan, reacting to the statement of Colonel Arnulfo Marcelo Burgos, AFP public affairs chief that SCAA “would enhance security in the area and would prevent a similar incident to happen.” Col. Burgos was referring to the NPA attack in the mining sites in Claveria, Surigao del Norte.

Pres. Noynoy Aquino endorsed the use of SCAA, a move that indicates that he reneged on his campaign promise that he will dismantle paramilitary forces and private armed groups.

Col. Burgos’ claims that “human rights protection” is part of the government militiaman training. Yet, on June 30, 2011, SCAA members were implicated in the killing of the 40-year old Lumad leader Arpe “Datu Lapugotan” Belayong and Sulte San-ogan, 21, both residents of Esperanza, Agusan del Sur. The mountain area of Esperanza is marked for mining operations.

Fr. Fausto Tentorio, an Italian priest of the PIME congregation, who was killed by still unidentified men last last October 17, worked for decades among the indigenous peoples in the Cotabato area, especially in Arakan Valley. He was known for advocating indigenous people’s land rights against the incursions of big business especially by mining corporations. Fr. Tentorio was already a target by a paramilitary group called Bagani since 2003 when he almost lost his life. Arakan Valley is also target of mining operations.

The recent move of the Aquino government to allow mining companies to hire AFP-trained Special Civilian Armed Auxilliary (SCAA) may embolden similar paramilitary groups to attack those who oppose big mining corporations that plunder the country’s resources.

SCAA also served as security force for the DMCI Mining Corporation (DMCIMC) in Zambales, in TVI Mining in Zamboanga del Sur, and even in the sugar plantations in Negros. They were instrumental for a string of human rights violations against those oppose the mining operations in the communities.

Former Pres. Cory Aquino created the CAFGU (Citizens Armed Force Geographical Unit) and SCAA and were maintained as “force multipliers” and as an “embedded security system in all economic endeavors” by the past governments.

With the massive deployment of AFP and paramilitary and private armed groups in communities where there is mining operation, Karapatan warns of the resulting escalation of human rights violations in the communities. The people’s opposition to mining will surely be met with force and repression.

Clamor said, “The government claims that Oplan Bayanihan, its new counter-insurgency program, focuses on peace and development. Yet, this kind of development obviously puts primacy on the protection of the interests of mining corporations despite the environmental destruction and economic dislocation and displacement of the people in the mining areas.”

“This government should stop hiding from catch-phrases like “peace and development”, “people-centered”, “human rights” when obviously it is doing the opposite. If it wants to be true to these slogans, Pres. Aquino should immediately dismantle all paramilitary groups and stop the implementation of Oplan Bayanihan,” concluded Clamor. ###

Source URL:http://www.karapatan.org/http%3A/%252Fkarapatan.org/AFPs-insistence-on-SCAA

Urgent Appeal to our Compatriots Abroad! Justice for Fr. Pops Tentorio!

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Urgent Appeal to our Compatriots Abroad! Justice for Fr. Pops Tentorio!

We are writing in earnest to our compatriots and friends abroad, please join us as we grieve for the murder of Fr. Pops Tentorio,PIME, a real apostle of the church, a priest of the landless, the oppressed, the lumads and peasants.

Together let us turn our grief into the strongest demand and movement for Justice for Fr. Pops and all victims of extrajudicial killings!

END IMPUNITY NOW! DISMANTLE OPLAN BAYANIHAN!

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URGENT ACTION ALERT!
October 17, 2011

Italian missionary in Arakan, Southern Philippines Slain!

Justice for Fr. Fausto Tentorio, PIME, 54th victim of extrajudicial killings under the Aquino regime!

Case:Extrajudicial killing
Victim: FR. FAUSTO TENTORIO, PIME
Date of Incident: October 17, 2011,around 730 am
Place of Incident:Mother of Perpetual Help Parish Church, Arakan, North Cotabato

Profile of Victim:

Fr. Fausto “Pops” Tentorio, PIME, 59,was born on January 7, 1952. He is an Italian Missionary of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME).

He was assigned in the Philippines in 1980 before he was assigned in Arakan in 1983.

Since then he has launched literacy and health programs/missions serving the indigenous peoples and farmers in North Cotobato. To date, there are 3,000 lumad and peasant scholars who benefit from his programs.

He heads around 80 daycare centers in in Arakan, Tulunan, Antipas, Makilala, Mlang, in North Cotobato. He also supports 10 Ata-Manobo schools in Talaingod, Davao Del Norte.

He has initiated a Health Program under the Tribal Filipino Program Centerfor Devt. Inc (TFDCI).

Fr. Pops is the Board Member of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines Southern Mindanao and the Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation Inc.

In 2003, Fr. Pops had a near – death experience with the vigilante group Alamara – Bagani, a paramilitary group which was created to eliminate progressive members and leaders of progressive organizations.

He was the compatriot of martyred Italian priest Fr. Tullio Favali, PIME who was slain by Edilberto Manero in 1985.

Brief Account of Incident:

On October 17, 2011, Fr. Fausto Tentorio, PIME was shot dead in the compound of the Mother of Perpetual Help parish church in Arakan, North Cotabato at around 7:30 a.m., by two unidentified men wearing helmets.Fr. Tentorio sustained 10 gunshot wounds from 9 mm weapon. Doctors tried to revive him upon arrival at the Antipas Medical Specialist but to no avail. His wake lies at theMother of Perpetual Help Parish in Arakan, North Cotobato

Possible Motive:

Fr. Pops is the 56^th Victim of EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS under the Aquino regime. He is the 1^st Roman Catholic Church leader slain under the Peace and Development Team of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

Fr. Pops, since his near death encounter with the Alamara in 2003, had been getting death threats. Since then, Fr. Pops had been targeted under Oplan Bantay Laya’s design of eliminating alleged supporters of progressive groups. He was a staunch indigenous people (IP) and peasant advocate who supported the Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill (GARB) or House Bill 374. He was also an anti-largescale and foreign mining advocate

Most of all, Fr. Pops had lived the church’s credo:

“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.” (Proverbs 31:8-9)

WHAT CAN YOU DO:

1. Join the Fact Finding Mission on October 18, 2011.
2. Join the “Justice for Fr. Fausto Tentorio Movement”.
3. Offer masses and prayers for Fr. Pops.
4. Join or launch prayer vigils and candle lighting drumbeating the call for justice and for the end of impunity under the P-Noy
regime.
5. Write the Aquino government,the Armed Forces of the Philippines(AFP),and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to demand justice for Fr. Pops and all victims of EJKs, and demand the dismantling of
Aquino-AFP’s Peace & Development Teams under Oplan Bayanihan.

STOP THE KILLINGS OF CHURCH PEOPLE & OTHER PEOPLE’S LEADERS UNDER OPLAN BAYANIHAN!

Please email: pcpr_dc@yahoo.com or call +632- 273-2669 for inquiries and feedbacks.

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