Over 50 protesters were hurt and 29 were nabbed following a violent dispersal during a rally at the U.S Embassy here Wednesday morning.
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At least 1,000 Moro and Indigenous peoples braved the water cannons of the military during a protest rally in front of the Armed Forces of the Philippines national headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo here Tuesday.
Unfazed by the water cannons used to disperse the protest action, a protester waves the flag of the Moro group Suara Bangsamoro outside the gates of the Armed Forces of the Philippines national headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on Tuesday, October 18. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
A protester receives the full might of a water cannon fired at him from the Army’s national headquarters, Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City during a protest rally led by national minority alliance group SANDUGO on Tuesday, October 18. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Leaders and representatives of 3,000 Lumad and Moro groups from all over the country formed a national alliance called “Sandugo: Kilusan ng Moro at Katutubong Mamamayan para sa Sariling Pagpapasya” (Alliance of Moro and Indigenous Peoples for Self Determination) at the GT-Toyota Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman last Saturday.
The 3,000 strong Lumad and Moro leaders alliance called Sandugo demanded for the abolition of the National Commission for Indigenous Peoples for its failure to address the issues of the national minorities.
National Democratic Front consultant Maria Loida Magpatoc reads a poem by Amado V. Hernandez “Kung Ang Luha Mo Ay Natutuyo Aking Inang Bayan” (If Your Tears Run Dry, My Motherland) during the second day of assembly of Sandugo, the national alliance of Moro and Lumad on Saturday, Oct. 15 in the GT-Toyota Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Leaders of various Lumad groups performed a ritual to denounce the National Commission of Indigenous Peoples during Monday’s protest rally in Quezon City. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Around 1,000 Lumad and Moro activists trooped in front of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples office in Quezon City to call for the agency’s abolition. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Anakpawis Rep. Ariel Casilao delivers a solidarity message during the protest rally led by the newly-formed national minority alliance Sandugo held in front of the Department of Justice office in Padre Faura street, Manila on Monday. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
