Residents of Arten, Navotas

Residents of Arten, Navotas, who were already on their sixth day picketing in front of the National Housing Authority, were violently dispersed, without any dispersal order, by the combined force of the Quezon City Police District and Armed Forces of the Philippines minutes after midnight last Tuesday, April 13.The group, mostly composed by women and children, were asking for proper relocation after their houses in Arten were demolished. Two of the leaders were arrested, and several children and women were hurt during the dispersal. According to the picketers, some of the police were drunk, while some were in civilian clothes during the dispersal. (Angelica Carballo/AKP-images)