Contents

Foreword
Introduction

EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS
Duterte responds to peasant hunger in Negros with bullets
Collateral damage of war: The Philippines in the midst of Duterte’s drug war
Politically motivated killing of Fr. Marcelito “Tito” Paez
Murder of peasant leader Ariel Diaz
Extrajudicial killing of Lumad student Obello Bay-ao
Box story: Frustrated Extrajudicial Killings

MASSACRE
Massacre of Lumads in Cotabato
Box Story: Attacks against Indigenous Peoples

FORCED EVACUATION AND HAMLETTING
Forced evacuation due to aerial bombings in Lobo, Batangas
Food blockade against Lumad evacuees in Lianga, Surigao del Sur

ILLEGAL ARRESTS & TRUMPED-UP CHARGES
On the illegal arrest and trumped-up charges against Sherwin De Vera: Activist,
peace advocate and writer
Trumped-up charges: Cases documented by Karapatan in Mindanao
Table: Political Prisoners (as of September 2017)
State harassment: The case of George San Mateo
Persecution of indigenous women rights defenders in Ilocos and the Cordilleras

ANNEXES
Table on Violations of Civil & Political Rights under the Rodrigo Duterte Government (July 2016 to December 2017)
Table on Victims of Extrajudicial Killing & Enforced Disappearance under the Rodrigo Duterte Government (By Region, July 2016 to December 2017)
Table on Victims of Extrajudicial Killing & Enforced Disappearance under the Rodrigo Duterte Government (By Sector, July 2016 to December 2017)
Fact Sheet of Peasant-related Human Rights Violations