Dear Colleagues, Networks, and Friends in the Human Rights Movement, We are writing to ask solidarity support from you on behalf of the 35 Higaonon Lumad families (158 individuals) who were forced to flee their homes — for the sixth[…]
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Tag: Lumad
Lumad leaders listed as terrorists
Katungod Lumad Alert Three Lumad leaders — Datu Mandayhon, Datu Mampadayag and Mamerto Guyanon — are listed as members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in the proscription petition filed by the Department of Justice to[…]
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9 Lumad leaders face trumped-up charges in Bukidnon
Katungod Lumad Nine members of the Pigyayungaan organization in Cabanglasan, Bukidnon face trumped-up charges of frustrated murder, accusing them of an encounter between the 8th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (IBPA) and the New People’s Army (NPA) in said[…]
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Mindanaoans denounce highcourt rule upholding Martial Law
By Kathy Yamzon | Manila Today A human rights group in Mindanao expressed their condemnation against the Supreme Court ruling over petitions of various groups questioning the legality of the extension of martial law in Mindanao. Barug Katungod Mindanao (Stand[…]
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Lumad leaders slapped with fake charges in Talakag, Bukidnon
By Higala sa Lumad Interfaith Solidarity Network for Lumads Arthur May-may and Pelino Hugnaan, active members of the Higaonon Lumad group Pig-uyonan, were falsely charged with harassment, direct assault, and frustrated murder by Bukidnon Provincial Public Safety Company PSINP Edwin[…]
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More Army troops deployed to indigenous communities in Davao
Ivy Jean S. Tupas | Davao Today Davao City, Philippines – In response to the pronouncement of President Rodrigo Duterte to “destroy the enemy,” the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced it will augment its brigade covering indigenous peoples[…]
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Illegal arrests, frustrated killing, threats vs communities & rights defenders in first two weeks of 2018
By Karapatan “There is no let-up in the Duterte regime’s wanton violation of civil and political rights of farmers, indigenous peoples and human rights workers. In the first two weeks of 2018, reports of illegal arrests, frustrated killing, threats and[…]
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