KIDAPAWAN CITY: All 78 farmers arrested during the bloody dispersal operation on April 1 here have been released from detention after posting bail, as they vowed to pursue their call for justice and failure to receive rice assistance from the government.
The last batch, composed of 48 farmers, was freed on Saturday after the amount was raised to pay for their bail bond, according to the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) lawyers.
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