Human rights lawyers in Mindanao criticized former President Rodrigo Duterte for his statements made during the Senate hearing as he justified the extrajudicial killings in his war on drugs campaign.
“When our schools were closed in November 2018, the military threatened our lives. They said that if we don’t leave our school, they would kill a teacher or a student,” a Lumad youth said during the launch of Defend Talaingod 13, October 17.
A female broadcaster was killed in Zamboanga City on Tuesday night, October 22, the National Union of Journalists (NUJP) said in an alert.
While the military announced that Arbitrario was killed in an encounter with troops, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) claimed Arbitrario was earlier captured, tortured then shot dead.
The Department of Education Davao de Oro Division will probe the death of an elementary school teacher after a statement from her family claimed she died from stress after an incident with her principal.
As August 30 is marked as the International Day of the Victims Enforced Disappearance, the family of missing labor organizer William Lariosa continues to search for him.
The former secretary general of Karapatan Southern Mindanao, Jay Apiag, was arrested by police on Tuesday afternoon, August 13 in Digos City and transferred later to Davao City on Wednesday on warrants for attempted murder which his group claims are “trumped-up charges”.
The Marcos Jr. government will not stop the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor from interviewing five former police officers who are suspects in the previous Duterte administration’s war on drugs campaign.
The family of a five-year-old boy who died under an emergency hospital care has publicly raised their complaints on the hospital for alleged neglect and prioritizing money over service.
Lawyers of the Lumad teachers and two party-list representatives have filed a motion of appeal to overturn the Tagum City court’s decision that convicted them of child abuse over their rescue of distressed Lumad students in Talaingod.
