Catholic nuns in Mindanao have not stopped denouncing the police and the Arroyo regime for the “repression” of Church workers. In statements issued last week, nuns from the Missionary of Sisters of Mary, which was the target of the Nov. 1 police raid in Butuan City, and the Religious of the Good Shepherd urged authorities to respect human rights.
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BUKIDNON — Some 1,000 farmers belonging to at least 13 organizations yesterday set up camp in front of the Region 10 Office of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Cagayan de Oro City to demand that the said department fulfill its commitments on the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) in Bukidnon.
A study on the role of human rights in peace agreements will be launched in Davao City and in Manila next week. The study commissioned by the Geneva-based International Council on Human Rights Policy sought to determine whether a “a fresh and new perspective of human rights in peace agreements” can help the peace process in the Philippines.
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On Nov. 1, the police swooped down on religious convents in Butuan City, supposedly in search of a ranking Communist leader. A Mindanao-based group of nuns has condemned the raids, calling it an ?attack on the church and the people.?
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