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More than a hundred agrarian reform beneficiaries wait for their installation outside the disputed San Isidro farm area in Barangay San Isidro, Tagum City. Their installation was postponed for the second time on Friday, April 21, 2017 as the guards inside the plantation refused to receive the installation order from the Department of Agrarian Reform. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

MARBAI triumph an assertion of social justice – KMP

The triumphant members of Madaum Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries did not only materially own back their lands from years of control through the burdensome agreement with Lapanday Foods Corp. but an assertion of social justice.

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Read more about the article IPs fear ‘all-out war’ vs minorities with generals in Duterte’s cabinet
Activists protest outside the office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources on Friday, May 19, 2017. (Photo by Karapatan)

IPs fear ‘all-out war’ vs minorities with generals in Duterte’s cabinet

An organization of Moro and indigenous peoples expressed fear that the appointment of former Army generals in cabinet positions will “intensify” attacks in their communities.

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Read more about the article Ethnic group files plaints vs. AFP at NDFP-GRP rights monitoring committee
Katribu Alliance of IP organizations together with Indigenous peoples from Ifugao and Lianga, Surigao del Sur file complaints for the the Armed Forces of the Philippines' violations of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL).

Ethnic group files plaints vs. AFP at NDFP-GRP rights monitoring committee

An ethnic group filed a formal complaint against the Armed Forces of the Philippines at the NDFP-GRP rights monitoring committee.

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