ADVISORY for MAY 15: Fact finding mission report on Negros 19 killings
KARAPATAN Public Information
MEDIA ADVISORY
For May 15, 2026
PRESS CONFERENCE
May 15, 2026 | Friday | 11:00 AM
Redemptorist - Scala Retreat House
Bacolod City
Fact finding mission team reports on initial findings on Negros 19 killings
Human rights groups, peasant advocates, people’s lawyers, and international solidarity organizations will report on their initial findings in the Fact Finding Mission held on May 14, 2026 in Toboso, Negros Occidental, where 19 persons were killed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines on April 19, 2026.
The fact-finding mission aimed at gathering first-hand accounts from residents, mostly farmers, who also experienced and witnessed threats to life and security, including those who forcibly evacuated due to intensified military operations.
We request members of the regional media for coverage. For those in Metro Manila and other places, the press conference will be streamed via Karapatan Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/share/1JtGcjTmJb/
REFERENCES:
Fr. Arman Onion, Manindigan Negros, 0999 467 4618
Atty. Maria Sol Taule, KARAPATAN Deputy Secretary General,
09452966916
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