Human Rights

Read more about the article Give Marawi IDP cash to rebuild their homes, solon says
Thousands of Meranaw residents in Marawi City stage a symbolic protest to condemn the slow-paced government rehabilitation of their homes ravaged by war on Friday, March 30, 2018. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Give Marawi IDP cash to rebuild their homes, solon says

Calling it as an insult to the Maranao people, the youth group League of Filipino Students (LFS) has condemned the “Kambisita” program aimed at allowing the civilians to briefly visit their communities in the war-ravaged Marawi City.

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Read more about the article Human rights abuses continue unabated in Northern Mindanao, group says
Datu Jomorito Goaynon (left) tells reporters during a press conference Monday that their fact-finding team was able to record various forms of abuses allegedly perpetrated by some members of the state forces in Northern Mindanao. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Human rights abuses continue unabated in Northern Mindanao, group says

Cases of abuses against civilians allegedly perpetrated by state security forces continue to pile up in parts of Northern Mindanao as martial rule is still in effect in Mindanao, a report of a fact-finding body revealed Monday.

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Read more about the article Coca-Cola workers’ struggle continues
embers of KIMACO-KMU stage another protest action on Monday, April 9, 2018, in front of Coca-Cola FEMSA in Davao City. The group demanded for the regularization of 127 contractual workers. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Coca-Cola workers’ struggle continues

Members of Kilusang Manggagawa ng Coca-Cola (KIMACO KMU) staged another protest action on Monday, April 9, to call for the reinstatement of 65 workers who were dismissed last month and the regularization of all contractual workers under Coca-Cola FEMSA Davao.

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Read more about the article International fact-finding mission in Comval pushes through amid ‘military psy-war’
Stopped at a military checkpoint in Apokon, Tagum City, leaders of an international fact-finding mission negotiates with the Task Force Tagum that they may proceed to Maco, Compostela Valley to conduct their probe on human rights violations. Leading the mission are Anakpawis Representative Ariel Casilao, ACT Teachers rep. France Castro and KMP chairperson Danilo Ramos.

International fact-finding mission in Comval pushes through amid ‘military psy-war’

An international fact-finding and solidarity mission bound to check on reported human rights violations was blocked twice by military checkpoints on Saturday entering Maco, Compostela Valley.

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Read more about the article No justice for survivors of ‘Kidapawan massacre’
YELLOW LINE. A yellow rope serves as the division between the protesting farmers and the anti-riot police from the province in Kidapawan City. The farmers are demanding for 15,000 sacks of rice and subsidies from the calamity fund of the provincial government. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)

No justice for survivors of ‘Kidapawan massacre’

Two years have passed but justice remained elusive for survivors of the bloody dispersal of protesting farmers who were affected by drought in North Cotabato, known as the Kidapawan Massacre.

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