Human Rights

Read more about the article Lumad student cries sexual molestation by suspected intel operative in protest camp
PROTEST CAMP. More than a hundred Lumad students and teachers from the provinces of Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley set up makeshift tents in front of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Panacan, Davao City to call on President Rodrigo Duterte to stop Martial Law. The tents along the highway serve as both shelter and "alternative classrooms" since they started their protest on June 30. (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)

Lumad student cries sexual molestation by suspected intel operative in protest camp

A protesting Lumad student found another battle to face as she filed charges against a suspected member of the intelligence community for acts of lasciviousness.

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Read more about the article Outside ‘Panacañang’: Students ask President Duterte to save IP schools
PROTEST CAMP. More than a hundred Lumad students and teachers from the provinces of Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley set up makeshift tents in front of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Panacan, Davao City to call on President Rodrigo Duterte to stop Martial Law. The tents along the highway serve as both shelter and "alternative classrooms" since they started their protest on June 30. (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)

Outside ‘Panacañang’: Students ask President Duterte to save IP schools

Thirteen-year-olds Angelica and Lady Jean are Grade 7 students of Salugpungan Ta Tanu Igkanugon Community Learning Center Inc. (STTILCLCI) in Spur Dos, Monkayo town in Compostela Valley Province.

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Read more about the article File formal complaints against erring soldiers, militants urged
CHALLENGE. Army spokesman Capt. Alexander Cabales challenges militant groups to file formal charges against erring military or police personnel to prove their allegations of human rights abuses. In a press conference on Wednesday, July 5, Cabales said no formal complaint were filed against them after President Rodrigo Duterte placed the Mindanao under martial law. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

File formal complaints against erring soldiers, militants urged

An army spokesman challenged several progressive groups to file formal complaints against erring military and police officials to prove their allegations of human rights violations.

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Read more about the article Relatives say 4 men arrested by military in Compostela Valley were ‘fishing past curfew hour’

Relatives say 4 men arrested by military in Compostela Valley were ‘fishing past curfew hour’

The relatives of the four residents accused as New People's Army rebels and arrested by the military in Laak, Compostela Valley on June 27 said the four were only fishing past the "curfew" hour.

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