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MARTIAL LAW DETAINEES. Serapion Torregosa (right), 65, sits with his fellow former Martial Law detainees from Davao del Sur at the regional assembly of the Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto at the Brokenshire chapel in Davao City on the occassion of the 31st anniversary of EDSA People Power, Feb.25, 2017. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

#EDSA31: What Davao’s martial law victims think changed after People Power

On the 31st anniversary of the EDSA People Power uprising, former political detainees arrested during the time of Martial Law gathered for their regional assembly at the Brokenshire Chapel here Saturday.

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Read more about the article ‘Thou Shall Not Kill’: Lawyers say death penalty endangers the poor

‘Thou Shall Not Kill’: Lawyers say death penalty endangers the poor

Lawyers here expressed their objection to the re-imposition of the death penalty in the country, saying that it would endanger and a disadvantage to the poor because of the "corrupt" criminal justice system in the Philippines.

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Read more about the article Farmer activist in North Cotabato is 9th victim of extrajudicial killing after end of ceasefire – Karapatan

Farmer activist in North Cotabato is 9th victim of extrajudicial killing after end of ceasefire – Karapatan

An elderly official of a farmers' organization in North Cotabato province is the latest victim of extrajudicial killing, human rights group said.

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Read more about the article Some ASEAN countries not ready for “legally binding” document on protection of migrants’ rights

Some ASEAN countries not ready for “legally binding” document on protection of migrants’ rights

Philippine Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said some countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are not yet ready to commit to a legally binding document that will include the protection and promotion of the rights of the migrant workers in the ASEAN region.

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Read more about the article Slain activist farmer receives threat a month before attack

Slain activist farmer receives threat a month before attack

Julieta Catog, elderly sister of 44-year-old Edwin Catog, said her brother had told her last month that a man had warned him to leave their place because his name was already “on the list” of the military.

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