Human Rights Film Festival highlights commemoration of 30th EDSA anniv in Davao

A film on human rights shot in Compostela Valley Province is set to be shown at a shopping mall here on Saturday, February 27 as part of the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of EDSA uprising.

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Read more about the article Alleged child soldier worked at a small scale mining area when injured – group
REENACTING THE HORROR. Children of Barangay Mangayon, town of Compostela, Compostela Valley dramatize how they were harassed and forced by government soldiers to act as guides in their counter-insurgency operations . This was part of the Save Our Schools: Children's Camp launched by child advocates in Panansalan, Compostela last October 29 to call for the protection of children's rights in the observance of Children's Month. (file photo)

Alleged child soldier worked at a small scale mining area when injured – group

The 14-year-old boy alleged as a child soldier was a small-scale child laborer, a child rights group said.

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Read more about the article Just like Martial Law pre-EDSA? Burning of Lumad evacuation shelter, student dormitory condemned
The Lumads from Talaingod said they saw unidentified people burning their camps inside the UCCP Haran compound at 2:00 in the morning on Wednesday, February 24. (Photo by Ace Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Just like Martial Law pre-EDSA? Burning of Lumad evacuation shelter, student dormitory condemned

Lumad leaders and rights advocates condemned what was widely believed to be a clear case of politically-motivated arson against human rights victims, ironically a day before the 30th year anniversary of the EDSA People Power on February 25.

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Read more about the article Arson suspected in Lumad evacuees’ camp
?ARSON. Bureau of Fire Protection investigator FO1 Rogel Jan Alucilja says the fire that gutted the indigenous peoples' temporary shelter in Davao City was done deliberately, based on their initial investigation. (Photo by Ace Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Arson suspected in Lumad evacuees’ camp

DAVAO CITY -- Hundreds of Lumads here woke up to a fire on Wednesday, February 24, gutting their temporary shelter inside a church-owned compound. According to authorities, the fire was…

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