Read more about the article Humanitarian mission reports 309 cases of human rights violation in Marawi
National Interfaith Humanitarian Mission (NIHM) organizers in a press conference in Cagayan de Oro City on Monday, July 31 call on President Rodrigo Duterte to stop ?M?artial ?L?aw and hasten the reconstruction of Marawi City so that displaced residents could go back home. The organizers are fresh from their second wave of conducting distribution of relief assistance in evacuation centers in the Lanao provinces last July 27-29. From left: Arabic teacher Hasannoor Sarip, Aida Ibrahim of Tindeg Ranao, Vennel Chenfoo of Kalinaw Mindanao, and Amirah Lidasan, of Moro Christian People’s Alliance and also of Kalinaw Mindanao. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Humanitarian mission reports 309 cases of human rights violation in Marawi

The recently concluded second wave of the National Interfaith Humanitarian Mission reported more than 300 cases of various human rights violations ?in the course of containing the Marawi ?City ?terror attack.

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Read more about the article No ‘keeping’ of street children during ASEAN meeting, DSWD official says
Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy Taguiwalo visits the Lumad evacuees at the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Haran compound in Father Selga Street, Davao City for the second time on Friday, July 22. In a press conference, Taguiwalo said that they are awaiting updates on the case of the Lumad before they can assist

No ‘keeping’ of street children during ASEAN meeting, DSWD official says

There will be no keeping of street children in order to please the sight of the major streets of Metro Manila during the conduct of the 50th ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nation) Foreign Minister’s Meeting that will start on Wednesday, August 2 until the 8th of this month, a senior official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development assured.

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UNHCHR asks PH to address growing HR violations cases, threats to lumads in Mindanao

T?he United Nations High Commission on Human Rights has called on the Philippine government to “urgently address growing reports of human rights violations, including murder, threats against indigenous peoples and the summary execution of children.”

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