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Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) priest Fr. Rolando Abejo, regional chairman of Movement Against Tyranny, speaks before the protesters as they demand from the government to life martial law and act on the cases of human rights abuses during the commemoration of the 70th year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Cagayan de Oro City on Monday, Dec. 10. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

HR abuses piling up in Normin as Martial law extension looms

Reports of human rights abuses continues to pile up as mass actions were held to commemorate the 70th year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Monday, Dec. 10 while the extension of martial law in Mindanao looms.

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Read more about the article 700 activists slapped with trumped-up charges, a crackdown on dissenters – Barug Katungod Mindanao
Aglipayan Bishop Antonio Ablon (Photo courtesy of Amirah Lidasan)

700 activists slapped with trumped-up charges, a crackdown on dissenters – Barug Katungod Mindanao

Around 700 community leaders and activists are now slapped with trumped-up charges, an "indicative of a sweeping crackdown on political dissenters," according to human rights group Barug Katungod Mindanao.

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Read more about the article 12 lumad children now under parents custody — CTCSM exec says
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12 lumad children now under parents custody — CTCSM exec says

The 12 out of 14 lumad children from Talaingod, Davao del Norte are now under the custody and care of their parents after a local court issued the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Region 11 (DSWD-11) to release them.

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Read more about the article Charges vs. Ka Satur, 17 others doomed to fail, – counsel
Former Bayan Muna representative Satur Ocampo and ACT Teachers party list Rep. France Castro (Photo courtesy of Pia Perez)

Charges vs. Ka Satur, 17 others doomed to fail, – counsel

“As soon as the courts open, we will exert all legal remedies to correct the situation and the narrative: that Ka Satur was just trying to help the beleaguered lumad students in Talaingod.”

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