LAGUNA — Peasant and labor groups are demanding the immediate release of sugar workers’ organizer Julie Ann Balora following what they described as an illegal arrest and the planting of evidence by state forces in Negros Occidental. The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA) condemned Balora’s arrest on April 22, saying it reflects a deepening pattern of repression against farmworkers and orga…
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