Authorities must answer for silence on abduction of Cebu activists, Karapatan says

This screenshot is from a video of the apparent abduction of activists Dyan Gumanao and Armand Dahoya at the Cebu City port.

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MANILA, Philippines — Rights group Karapatan on Tuesday called for accountability over the apparent abduction of union organizers Dyan Gumanao and Armand Dahoya, who had been reported missing until Monday, as well as over lack of action in the disappearance of the two.

In a statement, Karapatan highlighted a video that was initially published by Tug-ani, a student publication of UP Cebu, and which shows Gumanao and Dahoya being forced aboard a gray vehicle. According to a text message sent by Gumanao, the two arrived at the Cebu City pier on January 10 and had been waiting to disembark. They were later reported missing. 

"The Philippine National Police, Armed Forces of the Philippines and ports authorities should be made answerable for their lack of immediate action and seeming complicity in the abduction of Gumanao and Dahoya," Karapatan secretary-general Cristina Palabay said in the statement. 

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