DAVAO CITY—The human rights group Karapatan is demanding that the military surface one of its former Southern Mindanao officers, Honey May Suazo, who has been missing for the past two weeks. Suazo, 38, had served as Karapatan regional secretary general and spokesperson for five years before leaving the group. Eastern Mindanao Command spokesperson Lt. Col. Ezra Balagtey, denied that the Armed Forces of the Philippines had a hand in Suazo’s disappearance. Apiag said Suazo’s “past experiences of harassment and Red-tagging by state forces” were clues to who were responsible for her disappearance. We demand … the immediate surfacing of Honey May Suazo and to end all attacks on human rights defenders,” Apiag said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 15, 2019 21:11 UTC