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Read more about the article UNHCHR asks PH to address growing HR violations cases, threats to lumads in Mindanao

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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Read more about the article Marawi evacuees now more open to share experiences
SOLIDARITY. In an evacuation center in the town of Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur, a visiting Catholic nun talks to a Muslim evacuee to better understand the conflict and its effects on the residents. The Marawi crisis have caused damages to lives and property. But it also fostered stronger relationships between Muslims and Christians who showed compassion and solidarity to each other. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Marawi evacuees now more open to share experiences

In the second wave of the National Interfaith Humanitarian Mission (NHIM), ?the ?internally displaced persons from Marawi City have opened to facilitators on their experience as the conflict there has stretched for more than two months, said a civil society organizer.

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Read more about the article Duterte reiterates stand to ‘destroy’ lumad schools to ?save ?lumad children from ‘perdition’
President Rodrigo Duterte visits government troops who are engaged in a battle with the Maute terrorist group in Marawi City on July 20, 2017. During his speech, Duterte told the troops that after the Marawi crisis, the government will launch offensives against the New People's Army next.(ACE MORANDANTE/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)

Duterte reiterates stand to ‘destroy’ lumad schools to ?save ?lumad children from ‘perdition’

President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated his stand to destroy ?L?umad schools which he ?insisted are not licensed to operate under the Department of Education.

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Read more about the article Davao’s CHR laments lack of investigators
Commission on Human Rights Region 11 office in Davao City (davaotoday.com)

Davao’s CHR laments lack of investigators

Now that Martial Law has been extended until the end of the year, the regional office of the Commission on Human Rights, an office that is mandated to monitor the human rights condition in the country, is facing a challenge.

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