By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent POLICE director for northern Mindanao Agripino Javier yesterday reiterated the government’s assurances that the May 23 martial law declaration by President Duterte would not result in human rights violations. Reacting to a statement by Phelim Kine, deputy director of Human Rights Watch, Chief Supt. Javier said there has been no case of human rights abuse involving the police in Region 10 since last week’s martial law declaration, and Camp Alagar intends to keep it that way. Javier said the police is being guided by rules that include respect for human rights and dignity. In a May 26 statement, HRW, through Kine, stated that “Duterte’s martial law threatens to widen the  human rights abuses in Mindanao that  could rival the murderous  drug war in urban areas.” Javier said, “The adherence [to] the rule of law and the Police Operational Procedure (POP) are implemented in all police operations like the conduct of checkpoints, patrol visibility and police community relations...” He said police officers in the region have been reminded about the rules, and they are being closely supervised during police operations. Camp Alagar spokesman Supt. Lemwel Gonda called on citizens to cooperate and report to the police any abuse or violation of laws.