Read more about the article Kin of slain farmer-activist calls for justice
WEEPING. Rose (not her real name) calls for justice for her slain nephew, Pedro Pandagay, who died in the hands of an unknown assailant? believed ?to be a? soldier assigned in a military unit in Anitapan, Mabini in Compostela Valley on March 23. Rose appeared 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)

Kin of slain farmer-activist calls for justice

A relative of a farmer who was accused of supporting the New People's Army lamented his death as she called on the government forces to stop tagging farmers as rebels.

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Read more about the article Groups call for release of political prisoners ahead of 5th round of GRP-NDFP talks
Farmers and Lumad march from the ? the National Commission for Indigenous Peoples Region XI office to the Benigno S. Aquino Hall of Justice in Ecoland, here to call for the release of political prisoners and the dismissal of "trumped up" charges against them on Wednesday morning, August 24. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Groups call for release of political prisoners ahead of 5th round of GRP-NDFP talks

Human rights advocates drummed up the call for the release of political prisoners anew days prior to the fifth round of formal talks between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.

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