This month, the infamous November 2004 Massacre, or more popularly known as the Hacienda Luisita Massacre, happened.
It was on November 16, 2004, when farmers from the Central Azucarera de Tarlac sugar mill wanted to have a ₱9.50 increase on their weekly wage, but only faced with guns, tear gas, and military vehicles to disseminate them, dispatched by then Labour Secretary Patricia Santo Tomás.
Seven of the people participating in the rally were killed, an estimated number of 121 people, adults, and children were injured, and 133 people were arrested and detained
In the months following the Hacienda Luisita massacre, eight more people who either supported or provided evidence to the farmers’ cause were found murdered. After the incident, Deputy Speaker Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III, Representative of Tarlac, claimed that the dispersal done by the enforcers was justified. (
Renato Dilan)
References:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200705172933/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacienda_Luisitahttps://web.archive.org/web/20210609060649/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/specialreports/183662/after-luisita-massacre-more-killings-linked-to-protest/story/https://web.archive.org/web/20190725030457/https://www.karapatan.org/P9.50+daily+wage+started+off+workers%E2%80%99+strike+10+yrs+agoFurther reading:
Untold stories of Aquino human-rights violation
https://web.archive.org/web/20211008115140/https://businessmirror.com.ph/2016/03/12/untold-stories-of-aquino-human-rights-violation-2/Mendiola Massacre: What happened according to jurisprudence
https://web.archive.org/web/20210505214644/https://jlp-law.com/blog/the-mendiola-massacre-what-happened-according-to-jurisprudence/Hacienda Luisita massacre as witnessed by two photojournalists, Renato Dilan and Edd Gumban
https://www.facebook.com/joe.galvez.359/posts/10158396445673553Two Presidents and the Lupao massacre
https://web.archive.org/web/20190113010928/http://www.bulatlat.com/news/6-28/6-28-lupao.htmGruesome human rights violations during the first Aquino administration
https://web.archive.org/web/20210125200153/https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/general-blogs/2370/cory-aquinos-gruesome-human-rights-violationsnews.mikeligalig.comLinkback:
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