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Read more about the article Gabriela wants probe on terrorist-tagging, arrest of volunteer in Mindanao
INQUIRY. Gabriela Women's Party Representative Arlene Brosas sa?ys? she along with tother members of Makabayan Coalition in ?C?ongress will be filing a resolution calling for an inquiry on the alleged human rights violations committed by the military in Baranggay Dominga, Calinan in Davao City. Brosas made the pronouncement in a press conference at the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Haran compound in Davao City on Monday, May 21. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Gabriela wants probe on terrorist-tagging, arrest of volunteer in Mindanao

Gabriela Women’s Party on Monday filed House Resolution No. 1970 seeking for a congressional inquiry on the arrest and detention of its volunteer worker in Butuan City.

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Read more about the article Proposed amendments to Human Security Act violates human rights – progressive groups
Photo taken from Koalisyong Makabayan's Facebook page

Proposed amendments to Human Security Act violates human rights – progressive groups

The proposed amendments to the Human Security Act (HSA) of 2007 is tantamount to “undeclared but legislated” nationwide martial law, Kabataan party-list Rep. Sarah Elago warned on Monday as she denounced the Duterte administration’s “draconian and over-broad counterinsurgency legislation.”

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Read more about the article Groups call on people to resist rising tyranny
Members of the Youth Movement Against Tyranny - Metro Manila hold an indignation and candle lighting protest in front of the Supreme Court in Manila to denounce the High Court's decision in favor of the quo warranto petition to expel Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Friday, May 11. (Photo courtesy of Kathy Yamzon)

Groups call on people to resist rising tyranny

Progressive groups called on the public, on Monday, to defend human rights and resist the rising tyranny that is now engulfing the country under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.

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Read more about the article Group voices alarm as military turns lumad schools into barracks
Lumad students, teachers, and support groups led by Save Our Schools rally at the Department of Education’s central office in Pasig City. They ask Education Secretary Leonor Briones to condemn alleged military attacks on their schools spread across Mindanao. (Photo courtesy of Save Our Schools Network)

Group voices alarm as military turns lumad schools into barracks

A group has called on the government to recognize the law that prohibits the military and all its instrumentalities of utilizing schools as garrisons.

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