Cateel police hit for soc med posts tagging 14 activists as 'active wanted persons'

Groups slam PNP official’s apology after tagging Mindanao activists as ‘wanted persons’

No amount of apology could fix the potential threat to their security following the tagging incident. CAGAYAN DE ORO — Progressive groups in Southern Mindanao criticized the response of a police official following an incident that tagged several activists as wanted persons, seeing it as an attempt to reduce the false accusations as a mere “inconvenience.” Fauzhea Guiani, spokesperson of Anakbayan Southern Mindanao, stressed that no amount of apo…

Cateel police hit for soc med posts tagging 14 activists as 'active wanted persons'

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/30 May 2026)– Progressive groups called out the Cateel Municipal Police Station in Davao Oriental for posts on its official Facebook page that labeled at least 14 activists in Davao Region as ‘active wanted persons’ saying the malicious posts reveal how authorities continue to target human rights defenders and vilify their advocacies. Rauf Sissay, a secretariat member of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN)-Southern Mindanao …