Rights group accuses soldiers of abducting NPA rebels in Butuan City

CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – Human rights watchdog Karapatan has demanded an investigation into the alleged abduction and torture of pregnant communist rebels by soldiers in Butuan City.

In a statement on Wednesday, January 11, Karapatan asked the military to present Havana and Binungkasan, and to recognize their rights under the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law as well as other international human rights protocols to which the government is a signatory.

Rebita and Egtob were allegedly held without charges in a military safehouse in Barangay Ata-Atahon, Nasipit, Agusan del Norte, where they were allegedly subjected to severe mental torture and their lives and families were constantly threatened for 69 days, according to Palabay. Karapatan demanded that the government hold the 402nd Infantry Brigade and its commander accountable for violating the Anti-Desaparecido Law and the Anti-Torture Law.The military in Caraga, meanwhile, accused the NPA of violating international law by continuing to use landmines in the area.

Gargar said the NPA’s alleged use of landmines has endangered the lives of the civilians and military personnel alike.

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