“More than a decade later, farmers are still being targeted for defending the land they till. The trumped-up charges and wrongful conviction of the Alegre couple remain a representation of the oppression and repression that farmers are continuously being subjected to. No justice has been attained, and the same economic and political conditions that have allowed such injustice continue to prevail in our society today, victimizing thousands throughout the years,” said Karapatan deputy secretary general Roneo Clamor.
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