‘Exodus’ calls for end to militarization in countryside
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Concerned organizations and individuals form an alliance called Exodus for Justice and Peace to call for a stop of the militarization in the countryside and for the return of hundreds of Lumads displaced from their communities. The alliance also seeks justice for the death of tribal chieftain Dominador Diarog, peasant leader Celso Pojas and other victims of human rights violations. (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)
Lawyer Beverly Musni, one of the convenors of EXODUS for Justice and Peace, talks about the displacement of lumads in Mindanao during the time of President Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo. She estimates about a million people displaced in different parts of Mindanao from 2001- 2008. (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)
Exodus’s members sign a statement of unity calling attention to the daily needs of victims, including health and medical services, psychosocial therapy sessions for women and children, legal services, moral support, among others. (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)
One Response to “‘Exodus’ calls for end to militarization in countryside”
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June 9th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Let us be honest be ourselves. The Exodus for Justice and Peace is just a fund raising activity to feed and cloth the evacuees. If we cannot do that, let us allow the government to provide food, medicine and the basic needs to the evacuees. LET THEM DO THEIR JOB BY GIVING THEM ACCESS TO THE LUMADS. Let us not be hypocrites.