Human Rights

USC, church slam ‘rescue’ of  Lumad students in Cebu

USC, church slam ‘rescue’ of Lumad students in Cebu

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Feb 16, 2021

Police and social workers in Cebu on Monday took custody of 21 Lumad students and arrested tribal elders and school teachers from their “Bakwit School” in the University of San Carlos Talamban campus, claiming this was a “rescue” from a rebel training school.

Dubious lumad FB page on red-tagging spree

Dubious lumad FB page on red-tagging spree

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Feb 09, 2021

The University of the Philippines Mindanao’s Student Council urged its administration to defend its constituents following recent red-tagging incidents against members of the university’s community.