No words can describe our anger as we commemorate the death anniversary of Roque Antivo, an 8-year old boy, who met death at the very hands of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) elements in Compostela Valley. Our torment is sharpened as the Aquino government remains deaf and blind to the cry and clamor for justice.

In the evening of April 3rd last year, Roque was going home together with his brother Alvin, 12 and uncle Jonas, 13, when soldiers from the Alpha Company of the 71st Infantry Battalion Philippine Army open fired at them. Roque was instantly killed while his two companions sustained injuries.

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