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Photo by League of Filipino Students-Southern Mindanao

Youth activists hold indignation vs Moro activist’s torture, US detention

Members of the League of Filipino Students-Southern Mindanao region held an indignation rally, Friday, in front of the City Hall to protest the detention and forced deportation of Moro activist Jerome Aba.

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Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate

House bloc assails Moro activist’s detention, torture by US Homeland security?

The House of Representatives Makabayan opposition bloc has filed a resolution which seeks to condemn and probe the detention and torture of Filipino Moro activist Jerome Succor Aba by the United States Homeland Security and Customs Border and Protection last week.

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Read more about the article Mother laments soldier’s killing of her son, belies he was an NPA
Jhun Mark Acto's mother, Marissa, belies the military's claim that his son was a member of the New People's Army but a grade 8 student of Ricardo L. Ipong National High School in Makilala town. Jhun Mark was killed in an encounter between the government troops and the NPAs last April 21 in Sta. Cruz Davao del Sur. (Photo courtesy of Karaptan Southern Mindanao)

Mother laments soldier’s killing of her son, belies he was an NPA

The mother of slain 15-year-old Jhun Mark Acto denounced the killing of her son by the Philippine Army and refuted that her son was a member of the New People’s Army.

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Read more about the article Filipino human rights activist arrives home after detention in U.S. airport
Jerome Succor Aba, spokesperson of S?uara Bangsamoro, during the two-day peace forum sponsored by National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) at Hotel Conchita in Cagayan de Oro City on June 28, 2017. (Photo by Bags Castillo/Kilab Multimedia)

Filipino human rights activist arrives home after detention in U.S. airport

Human rights activist Jerome Aba was finally released and allowed to go back to the Philippines after he was detained by American immigration authorities at an airport in the U.S. for 28 hours.

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