Karapatan lauds SC for ruling on writ of amparo

DAVAO CITY?Progressive human rights group Karapatan – Southern Mindanao lauded today the Supreme Court for upholding the writ of amparo that would protect people from human rights abuses, particularly against extralegal killings and enforced disappearances.
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DavNor gov says Lumads need livelihood, basic services

?More on livelihood, health care and basic services ? water supply, better road access, and education.? These are the needs of indigenous peoples (Lumads) in his province, according to Davao del Norte Governor Rodolfo P. del Rosario when Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation, Inc. (MISFI), a Davao City based non-governmental organization (NGO), made a courtesy visit in his office.

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Video: Short films on human rights in Philippines banned

This short film, by the independent filmmaker Jon Red, is one of the public service advertisements on extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in the Philippines that were banned for public exhibition by government censors, who said these films "are presented unfairly, one-sided and undermines the faith and confidence of the government and duly constituted authorities for public exhibition." Click here to view the other films.

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