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Read more about the article Peasant, IP rallies in Mindanao cities cry: End Martial Law
In commemoration of Peasant and Indigenous People's Month,various progressive groups in Mindanao stage protests in Davao,Cagayan de Oro and Butuan to protest the growing number of attacks against Lumad and farmers under the Duterte administration.(Kenneth Cagula/davaotoday.com)

Peasant, IP rallies in Mindanao cities cry: End Martial Law

Progressive groups rallied forces in key cities in Mindanao in a simultaneous “Mindanao Day of Protest Against Martial Law” to slam its effect on human rights in the island.

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Read more about the article Casilao condemns the killing of Sagay City farm workers
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Casilao condemns the killing of Sagay City farm workers

A militant lawmaker condemned the killing of nine farm workers including two minors and four women in Sagay City, Negros Occidental earlier this week who he said were only asserting their rights to cultivate their lands, citing reports from farm workers’ group National Federation of Sugar Workers.

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Read more about the article Group marks Fr. Fausto Tentorio death; calls for the release of detained Lumad teachers
The Alliance of Community Educators, a group of Lumad school teachers, reiterate their call to stop the attacks against their schools. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)

Group marks Fr. Fausto Tentorio death; calls for the release of detained Lumad teachers

The Association of Community Educators (ACE) has called for the release of Lumad school agriculturist Dominiciano Muya and other lumad school educators detained in Tagum City as they commemorated the killing of Lumad rights defender Fr. Fausto “Pops” Tentorio.

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