IFJ deplores delay in deciding Sayed Parvez Kambakhsh’s appeal against death sentence

The International Federation of Journalists is deeply concerned and disturbed by the further delay in deciding the journalist Sayed Parvez Kambakhsh's appeal against a death sentence for the alleged crime…

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No home for Lumad children

A total of 83 Lumad (indigenous) children are forced to leave their homes in Compostela and Monkayo towns as government troops continue their operations against the New People's Army. Often caught in the crossfire, sometimes subjected to military harassments and intimidation, more than 30 Lumad families leave their homes and end up in Davao City's Bankerohan gym on May 16, where they take refuge. The evacuees first stayed in Compostela gym, but were hounded by government troops there. Click here for more photos. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)

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