National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW)
Filipino security forces crack down on trade unions and progressive groups
As many as 56 leaders and members of various trade unions, progressive political parties and human rights groups were arrested in a series of raids in the city of Bacolod in the Negros Island
Yet another activist murdered as violence and repression continues unabated in Negros
On July 7, human rights activist Salvador Romano, formerly a provincial coordinator of the rights group Karapatan, was murdered by unidentified gunmen