Human Rights?

So remember me telling you about those 9 squatters who were killed by the police/military? Well, a few days ago some family members of the victims got together and ambushed the police, they killed one and injured 5. After the ambush, the mayor of Rizal, called for more military checkpoints and he is gaurded. The Butbut tribe has declared that they intend to kill him next.
I can't really imagine a place where civilians engage in armed conflict with the police. It's even harder to imagine a place where the mayor can call on the military to kill people who are squatting on land that he wants. He treats the military like a private army.
I went to a local human rights/women's rights organization last week to get info on the situation. It's called GABRIELA. They conduct fact-finding investigations and document human rights abuses. Last year their leader was shot by the military in front of the school here in Bulanao. The woman I spoke to has had several death threats.

I can hardly process all of this. I've been reading articles about the long-term effects of chronic political violence on children's development and self-esteem, this is my thesis topic. But it's hard to find something that is actually comparable to the situation here. There is armed conflict between civilians (tribal conflicts), between civilians and the military/police and between the military and communist guerrilla forces (New People's Army). There is also escalting armed conflict in the south between the military and muslim groups.

So I'm trying to figure this out. In the meantime, there are more military checkpoints and questioning.