Philippines: After the Crackdown

Jojo Rinoza
2021.03.19
Santa Inez, Philippines
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Violy, the widow of Randy dela Cruz, maintains a vigil at his coffin, March 16, 2021. [Jojo Rinoza/BenarNews]

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Puroy dela Cruz’s widow, Minda, lays down near his coffin, March 16, 2021. [Jojo Rinoza/BenarNews]

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Randy dela Cruz’s son peeks into his father’s coffin, March 16, 2021. [Jojo Rinoza/BenarNews]

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A mourner captures on a mobile phone a clergyman’s blessing of the remains of Puroy and Randy dela Cruz at a village hall in Santa Inez, March 17, 2021. [Jojo Rinoza/BenarNews]

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Children lead the procession to a hilltop cemetery, March 17, 2021. [Jojo Rinoza/BenarNews]

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Men carry a white casket across a stream as they head to a cemetery to bury Puroy and Randy dela Cruz, March 17, 2021. [Jojo Rinoza/BenarNews]

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Mourners take a final look, March 17, 2021. [Jojo Rinoza/BenarNews]

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Men play cards during the wake for Puroy and Randy dela Cruz, March 16, 2021. [Jojo Rinoza/BenarNews]

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Neighbors prepare to feed mourners after the funeral and burial, March 17, 2021. [Jojo Rinoza/BenarNews]

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A new day dawns on Santa Inez in the Sierra Madre mountain range, March 17, 2021. [Jojo Rinoza/BenarNews]

The Philippine human rights commission is investigating anti-communist insurgency operations by police that killed nine people in four provinces on March 7 – including members of the Dumagat tribe, an indigenous community in the Sierra Madre mountains near Manila.

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